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Definition: Uric Acid |
Uric AcidNoun1. A white tasteless odorless crystalline product of protein metabolism; found in the blood and urine. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Uric Acid |
| English words defined with "uric acid": allopurinol, Alloxan ♦ Diureide ♦ gout, gouty arthritis ♦ Hypoxanthin ♦ Imido acid, Isouric ♦ Lantanuric, Lateritious sediment, Leucoturic, Lithate ♦ Oxonic ♦ Parabanic, probenecid, Purpuric, Pyrotritartaric ♦ Stryphnic ♦ urarthritis, Urate, uratemia, uraturia, uricaciduria, Uroxanic ♦ Xanthin, xanthine, Xanthinine ♦ Zyloprim. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "uric acid": Benzbromarone ♦ Framingham Heart Study ♦ Gout Suppressants ♦ hypouricaemia, hypouricemia, Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase, Hypoxanthines ♦ Mefruside ♦ Purines ♦ uricosuric, Uricosuric Agents. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "uric acid": Lithate. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The structure of the ureate anion (the anion of uric acid) is:
It is a minor end-product of nitrogen metabolism in the human body (the main product being urea), and is found in small amounts in urine. In some other animals, such as birds and reptiles, it is the main end-product, and is excreted in faeces. The high nitrogen content of uric acid is why guano is so valuable as a fertiliser in agriculture.
In human blood, uric acid concentrations between 3.6 and 8.3 mg/dL are considered normal by the American Medical Association, although significantly lower levels are common in vegetarians.
The disease gout in humans is associated with abnormal levels of uric acid in the system. Saturation of uric acid in the human blood stream may result in one form of kidney stones when the acid crystalizes into solid inside the kidney. A percentage of gout patients eventually get uric kidney stones.
see also: xanthine oxidase Yankees Suck
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Uric acid."
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | An elderly woman has her blood tested for blood sugar, uric acid and cholestrol levels ... / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by J. Abcede.. |
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Health | Much less common are the uric acid stone and the rare cystine stone. (references) | |
The doctor may prescribe certain medications to prevent calcium and uric acid stones. (references) | ||
The deposits, which are called urate crystal formation, are caused by increased levels of uric acid in the urine. (references) | ||
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
uric acid | 478 |
uric acid food | 17 |
uric acid diet | 16 |
uric acid kidney stone | 16 |
gout uric acid | 10 |
high uric acid | 8 |
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| Language | Translations for "uric acid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | urinsyre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | urinezuur (uronic acid), 2,6,8-trihydroxy-purine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | virtsahappo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | acide urique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Harnsäure. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ουρικό οξύ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | acido urico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 尿酸 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | にょうさ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | icuray aciday ácido úrico. (various references) мочевая кислота. (various references) ácido úrico. (various references) urinsyra. (various references) ürik asit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-i-i-r-u" | |
-2 letters: acidic. | |
-3 letters: acrid, auric, caird, circa, curia, daric, radii. | |
-4 letters: acid, arid, cadi, caid, card, crud, curd, duci, dura, irid, raid, uric. | |
-5 letters: aid, air, arc, cad, car, cud, cur, dui, rad, ria, rid, urd. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-d-i-i-r-u" | |
+4 letters: circularised, circularized. | |
+5 letters: clairaudience. | |
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