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CARBAMATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A salt (or ester) of carbamic acid

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("carbamate" is a kind of...):

salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carbamate"):

ammonium carbamate (a salt of carbamic acid that is used as a nitrogen fertilizer)

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 Context examples: 

Though the exact mechanism of action of methocarbamol was not established, it's postulated to be via a mechanism similar of carbamate, inhibition of acetylcholinesterase at synapses in the autonomic nervous system, neuromuscular junction, and central nervous system.

(Methocarbamol, NCI Thesaurus)