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Definition: Urea |
UreaNoun1. The chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Urea \U"re*a\, adjective. [New Latin expression. See Urine.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Chemically obtained fertilizer containing carbonyl diamide (carbamide) as its essential ingredient. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | A compound (CO(NH2)2), formed in the liver from ammonia produced by the deamination of amino acids. It is the principal end product of protein catabolism and constitutes about one half of the total urinary solids. (references) |
Mining | A tetragonal mineral, CO(NH2 )2 . Carbonyl diamide; alsocalled carbamide. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Animals produce urea in the urea cycle, as it is a safe way to get rid of excess nitrogen.
It is also a component of many fertilisers, providing a nitrogen source that is necessary for plants.
[other uses besides to be added]Discovery
Urea was discovered by Hilaire Rouelle in 1773. It was the first organic compound to be artificially synthesised in 1828 by Friedrich Woehler, who prepared it by the reaction of potassium cyanate with ammonium sulfate. This disproved the theory that the chemicals of living organisms are substantially different from inanimate matter and started the discipline of organic chemistry. Industrial use
Its principal industrial use is the manufacture of plastics (specifically, urea-formaldehyde resin).
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Urea."
Synonym: UreaSynonym: carbamide (n). (additional references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | A simple blood test that checks the blood urea nitrogen (BUN) levels in cattle can help producers fine-tune their herd's feeding regimen. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Blood urea nitrogen (BUN). (references) | |
Healthy kidneys remove creatinine and urea nitrogen from the blood. (references) | ||
Normal blood contains 7 to 20 milligrams of urea per deciliter of blood. (references) | ||
Business | Quotas will be eliminated upon accession for urea and DAP and by 2002 for other fertilizers. (references) | |
Therefore, a few units of urea formaldehyde, polypropylene and polyethylene have been established. (references) | ||
China imports urea from Russia, the Ukraine, and the Middle East because they offer the most competitive prices. (references) | ||
Economic History | Nepal | Nepal is totally dependent on imports of fertilizers such as urea. (references) |
Bangladesh | Gas-fired power plants and urea fertilizer plants have placed increasing demands on the gas supply. (references) | |
Chad | Cotontchad recently announced a tender for the supply of 25,000 tons of "NPKSB" and 8,100 tons of urea. (references) | |
Trade | India | Imports of products such as wheat, rice, maize, petrol, diesel, aviation turbine fuel (ATF) and urea are permitted only through designated State Trading Enterprises. (references) |
Pakistan | The exports are subject to certain conditions, such as registration with the Export Promotion Bureau, and permission from government departments: cotton, rice, metals, arms, ammunition and explosives, complete rocket and unmanned air vehicle systems, nuclear substances, precious and semi-precious stones and gold jewelry, poppy seeds, urea, pet dogs and cats, and wild boars, including meat and hides. (references) | |
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| "Urea" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Urea" is used about 87 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 87 | 35,390 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "urea": blood urea ♦ blood urea nitrogen ♦ diallyl urea ♦ glycolyl urea ♦ phenolic urea ♦ Urea Breath Test ♦ urea ferment ♦ urea formaldehyde resin. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "urea": urea-formaldehyde, urea-formaldehyde resin, urea-polyacrylamide, urea-resin. | |
Ending with "urea": c-urea, polyacrylamide-urea. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "urea"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ure. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | البولة مادة متبلورة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | урея, вид тор. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 尿 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | urea, moèovina. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | urea. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ureum (carbamide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ماده پیشاب . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | urea. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | urée. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Harnstoff. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ουρία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | karbamid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | urea. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 尿 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ユリア , にょうそ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 우 아. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eauray ureia, uréia. (various references) uree. (various references) мочевина (calurea). (various references) mokraća (pee, piss, stale, urine). (various references) urea. (various references) urea. (various references) üre (ureal). (various references) сечовина. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "urea": ureal, ureas, urease, ureases. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "urea": centaurea, hydroxyurea, phenylthiourea, sulfonylurea, thiourea. (additional references) | |
Words containing "urea": antibureaucratic, aureate, baccalaureate, baccalaureates, bureau, bureaucracies, bureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucratese, bureaucrateses, bureaucratic, bureaucratically, bureaucratise, bureaucratised, bureaucratises, bureaucratising, bureaucratism, bureaucratisms, bureaucratization, bureaucratizations, bureaucratize, bureaucratized, bureaucratizes, bureaucratizing, bureaucrats, bureaus, bureaux, centaureas, epicurean, epicureanism, epicureanisms, epicureans, hydroxyureas, laureate, laureated, laureates, laureateship, laureateships, laureating, laureation, laureations, phenylthioureas, postbaccalaureate, sulfonylureas, superbureaucrat, superbureaucrats, thioureas, unbureaucratic. (additional references) | |
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"Urea" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aurea, burea, erea, Guarea, Hurteau, irae, irela, Kukreja, oera, oraa, orae, orea, orei, Oria, purea, quria, Rujeka, Udeac, uea, uear, uee, Ueo, uer, Uera, ufe, ugea, uirrel, ulea, Umea, unea, unream, upea, uqea, ura, urae, Urata, urda, ureas, ureat, ured, ureka, urel, urem, uren, urena, ures, urfa, urga, uri, urian, urias, urib, urid, urif, uriv, urma, urna, Urola, urra, urre, urrea, urri, uru, urua, Urug, urza, utea, Zurada. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "urea" (pronounced yerē"u) |
| 3 | -er ē" u | diarrhea, diarrhoea, Galleria, gonorrhea, Maria, Perea, pizzeria. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-r-u" | |
-1 letter: are, ear, eau, era, rue. | |
-2 letters: ae, ar, er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-r-u" | |
+1 letter: argue, auger, aurae, aurei, aures, azure, feuar, pareu, quare, rugae, uraei, urare, urase, urate, ureal, ureas, ursae. | |
+2 letters: abjure, abuser, accrue, acuter, adjure, aerugo, allure, amuser, apercu, arbute, argued, arguer, argues, armure, arouse, assure, augers, aulder, aurate, aureus, auteur, azures, barque, bureau, bursae, causer, cesura, curare, curate, curiae, dauber, earful, eureka, ferula, feuars, furane, gauger, haleru, hauler, lauder, laurae, laurel, manure, marque, mature, mauger, maugre, mauler, nature, neural, pareus, parure, pauper, pauser, pleura, quaere, quaker, quarte, quatre, quaver, rasure, remuda, reseau, rubace, rugate, saucer, sauger, saurel, square, suaver, tauter, umbrae, unbear, unread, unreal, upbear, uprate, uprear, uptear, uraeus, urares, urases, urates, urbane, urease, uredia, uremia, vaguer, valuer, yauper. | |
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