urate

Converse of object

• pass: Urate is normally harmless and the body usually passes excess urate out of the body through the kidneys into the urine.
• lower: Consumption of cherries lowers plasma urate in healthy women.
• solidify: Horsfield's tortoises fed on cat or dog food frequently die from renal failure or from impacted bladder stones of solidified urates.

Preposition: in

• blood: The level of urate in the blood can help to make the diagnosis of gout.

Modifies a noun

• excretion: Lead and uric acid Clinical bottom line Chronic low level lead exposure may inhibit urate excretion.
• crystal: The inflammation is caused by urate crystals being shed into the joints.
• reabsorption: Experimental work shows that losartan ( tho not its active metabolite ) competitively inhibits urate reabsorption in the renal proximal tubule.
• metabolism: The effects of alcoholic beverages on urate metabolism in gout sufferers.
• stone: It is described as ' for urate stones ' .

Noun used with modifier

• serum: Subsequent dosage should be reduced, to the lowest level which maintains serum urate within the normal range.
• sodium: The disease is caused by the deposition of sodium urate ( uric acid ) crystals in the joints.
• plasma: The plasma urate level normally tends to be higher in men than women.
• monosodium: A laboratory technician places some of the fluid on a slide and looks for monosodium urate crystals under a microscope.
• blood: Blood urate is commonly normal during acute attack but should be raised at other times.