Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Relating to, contained in, or obtained from urine.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of, pertaining to, or obtained from urine.
Wiktionary
- adj. Pertaining to, contained in, or obtained from urine.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to urine; obtained from urine.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. in or relating to or obtained from urine
Examples
“The latest edition, by contrast, offered the gouty reader only what amounted to “condensed shop manual discourse: ‘The elevation in uric acid appears to be transmitted by an autosomal gene.’””
“Potassium citrate supplements have long been a common treatment for preventing calcium oxalate stones, as well as another type of stone called uric acid stones, in people who are prone to them.”
“In chemical composition caffeine closely resembles a waste, called uric acid, and in the body is converted into this substance.”
“Before that she was frightfully keen on a thing called uric acid.”
“Obesity is a risk factor for gout, which is caused by a buildup of a chemical called uric acid around joints.”
“Generally, the acids produced by the metabolic activities, (such as uric acid, lactic acid, etc.) react with the alkalis in the blood, lymph, bile, etc., thus being neutralized and rendered innocuous.”
“But whatever may be the variations in the mere quantity of urine voided under the influence of alcohol, the alterations in quality pretty uniformly show an increase in the products of imperfect internal metamorphosis or oxidation, such as uric acid, oxalates, casts, leucocytes, albumen and potassium, with less of the normal products, as urea and salts of sodium.”
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say
“Inflammasome activators such as uric acid crystals induced the dissociation of TXNIP from thioredoxin in a reactive oxygen species (ROS) - sensitive manner and allowed it to bind NLRP3.”
“This includes pathogens (bacteria, viruses), but also endogenous 'danger situations,' such as uric acid crystals found in gout, high circulating”
“Another study from the University of California at Davis found that a single dose of cherries reduced the blood level of uric acid in healthy women.”
The Huffington Post: Cherries for Health: Better Than Aspirin?
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