Definitions for urea

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urea u·re·a

Spelling: [yoo-ree-uh, yoo r

IPA: /yʊˈri ə, ˈyʊər i ə/

Urea is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in urea (aeru).

Definitions for urea

noun

1. Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
2. Chemistry. a water-soluble powder form of this compound, obtained by the reaction of liquid ammonia and liquid carbon dioxide: used as a fertilizer, animal feed, in the synthesis of plastics, resins, and barbiturates, and in medicine as a diuretic and in the diagnosis of kidney function.

Origin of urea

1800-10; New Latin French urée; ultimately Greek oûron urine or oureîn to urinate; see uro-¹

Examples for urea

urea constitutes about one-half of all the solids, or about 30 gm.

When boiled with baryta-water it decomposes into urea and ammonia.

urea is decreased in diseases of the liver with destruction of liver substance.

It consists of a molecule of quinine hydrochloride and one of urea.

As we have seen, the urea is very slightly lower; but after much exertion the uric acid is increased.

It is a product of the decomposition of the soluble cyanates by dilute acids, or of urea by heat, &c.

The amount of urea is normally about twice that of the chlorids.

In the kidneys, it loses water and nitrogenous wastes (urea).

urea, when heated, gives off Ammonia, and becomes Cyanuric acid.

The accumulation of bile or urea in the blood diminishes the nerve energy.