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TRANSAMINATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Undergo transfer from one compound to another

Example:

amino groups can transaminate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "transaminate" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

transaminate (change (an amino group) by transferring it from one compound to another)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

transamination (the process of transfering an amino group from one compound to another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Change (an amino group) by transferring it from one compound to another

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "transaminate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

transaminate (undergo transfer from one compound to another)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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