transamination

1. 1.

   the process of transposing an amino group within a chemical compound

   Broaderchemical process
2. 2.

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

   Broaderchemical process

Other forms of transamination

plural

transaminations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about transamination

What does transamination mean?

transamination means "the process of transposing an amino group within a chemical compound". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in transamination?

transamination has 6 syllables: tran-sa-mi-na-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

Is transamination a common word?

transamination is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.