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      deaminate
      verb
      remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound
      Roots
      dede- · Latin · removal, awayammoniakonamin- · Greek · amine groupatus-ate · Latin · to act on / cause
      Words related to deaminate
      deaminationnaminoadjtransaminationnalanylsuccinylglycyliminoaminicadjadenyldeaminasedecarboxylationnphosphomonoesterasedecarboxylatevgalactosaminepolyaminecyclitolnitrosationncarboxylationntetrahydroxyadjacylatedcytidinenribonucleotideacylationnphosphoglyceratevaminophenolbutyryldipeptideformylglycosylationndipeptidase

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