Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Promoting the excretion of uric acid in the urine.

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  • adjective medicine Pertaining to gout suppressants that act directly on the renal tubule to increase the excretion of uric acid, thus reducing its concentrations in plasma.
  • noun Any medicine of this kind.

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  • adjective acting to increase the excretion of uric acid in the urine

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From uric + uric.]

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