URIC ACID


Meaning of URIC ACID in English

Function: noun

Date: 1800

: a white odorless and tasteless nearly insoluble acid C 5 H 4 N 4 O 3 that is the chief nitrogenous waste present in the urine especially of lower vertebrates (as birds and reptiles), is present in small quantity in human urine, and occurs pathologically in renal calculi and the tophi of gout

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