Definition of Uric acid

1. Noun. A white tasteless odorless crystalline product of protein metabolism; found in the blood and urine.

Generic synonyms: Acid

Definition of Uric acid

1. Noun. (chemistry) a bicyclic heterocyclic phenolic compound, formed in the body by the metabolism of protein and excreted in the urine (or in avian faeces) ¹

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Medical Definition of Uric acid

1. The final product of nitrogenous excretion in animals that require to conserve water, such as terrestrial insects or have limited storage space, such as birds and their eggs. Uric acid has very low water solubility and crystals may be deposited in, for example: butterflies wings to impart irridescence. Uric acid, a crystalline body, present in small quantity in the urine of man and most mammals. Combined in the form of urate of ammonia, it is the chief constituent of the urine of birds and reptiles, forming the white part. Traces of it are also found in the various organs of the body. It is likewise a common constituent, either as the free acid or as a urate, of urinary or renal calculi and of the so-called gouty concretions. From acid urines, uric acid is frequently deposited, on standing in a cool place, in the form of a reddish yellow sediment, nearly always crystalline. Chemically, it is composed of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen, and by decomposition yields urea, among other products. It can be made synthetically by heating together urea and glycocoll. It was formerly called also lithic acid, in allusion to its occurrence in stone, or calculus. See: tophus. Structure: C5H4N4O3 Source: Websters Dictionary This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Uric Acid

urgest
urgeth
urgh
urgicenter
urgicenters
urginea
urging
urgingly
urgings
urgrund
urhidrosis
urial
urials
urian
uric
uric acid (current term)
uric acid infarct
uric acid oxidase
uricaciduria
uricaemia
uricase
uricases
uricemia
uricite
uricolysis
uricolytic
uricolytic index
uricosome
uricosuria
uricosuric

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