Carbamide

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    urea especially, in-compounds
  2. 2
    the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics wordnet

Example

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"Carbamide peroxide is also used as a disinfectant and in dentistry for its teeth whitening effects."

Etymology

From carb- + amide.

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