uric acid

English

Noun

uric acid (uncountable)

(biochemistry, organic chemistry) a bicyclic heterocyclic phenolic compound, formed in the body by the metabolism of protein and excreted in the urine (or in faeces, as in birds and insects)

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

urate (coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)

Related terms

hippuric acid

Translations

bicyclic heterocyclic phenolic compound

Catalan: àcid úric m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 尿酸 (zh) (niàosuān)
Czech: kyselina močová f
Danish: urinsyre c
Dutch: urinezuur (nl)
Finnish: virtsahappo
French: acide urique (fr) m
German: Harnsäure (de) f
Hungarian: húgysav (hu)
Italian: acido urico (it) m
Japanese: 尿酸 (ja) (にょうさん, nyōsan)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: urinsyre m or f

Nynorsk: urinsyre f
Polish: kwas moczowy m
Portuguese: ácido úrico (pt) m
Romanian: acid uric (ro) m
Russian: мочева́я кислота́ (ru) f (močevája kislotá)
Spanish: ácido úrico m
Thai: กรดยูริก (th)
Turkish: ürik asit (tr)

See also

gout
guano

Anagrams

aciduric

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