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uric acid


uric acid

noun

Definition of URIC ACID

: a white odorless and tasteless nearly insoluble acid C5H4N4O3 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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First Known Use of URIC ACID

1800

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