N-carbamoylglutamate

N-car·ba·mo·yl·glu·ta·mate

(kar'bă-mō-il-gloo-tam'ik as'id), An intermediate in the carbamoylation of ornithine to citrulline in the urea cycle; used in the treatment of patients with a deficiency of the enzyme that synthesizes N-acetylglutamate.