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uric

uric

8.6
Relating to urine or to substances found in it
  • adjective
  • /ˈjʊrɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : úrico
  • One of the things that uric acid does, it inhibits nitric oxide.

One is that glucose and the insulin that goes with it increases uric acid.

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Examples

  • That's why there's a little sign says phenylket and Uric's don't drink this if you know you are one.

  • So the, the white isn't the uric compound.

  • So give people a primer on what uric acid does.

  • Next, did you know that uric acid your body actually uses, it has an antioxidant?

  • So the first thing that eating too much fructose does is it raises your uric acid level and this can raise your blood pressure, hypertension.

  • So gout is uric acid is produced in excess deposits and crystallizes and joints and causes a lot of pain.

  • The filtrate runs down these tubules, the hydrogen, creatinine, uric acid, they're all kept inside.

  • Urine contains compounds that consist of calcium, sodium, potassium, oxalate, uric acid, and phosphate.

  • Many health problems can arise from high levels of uric acid in the body.

  • Doctors often test blood for uric acid to assess kidney function.

Compounds

uric acid
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A chemical the body makes when it breaks down some foods and cells, found in blood and urine

Surface Forms

uric positive

Morphology

uric = urine (transparent) = urine + ic

Formed with the common adjectival suffix '-ic' indicating 'relating to', so a speaker knowing 'urine' can infer 'uric' means 'relating to urine'.

Etymology

The word uric comes from the Latin urina, meaning 'urine'. So uric means 'related to urine', which is why doctors use it for things like uric acid or crystals found in urine.