urea
urea
Definition
urea (yo̵o rē′ə, yo̵or′ē ə)
noun
a highly soluble, crystalline solid, CO(NH), found in the urine and other body fluids of mammals or produced synthetically: used in making plastics, fertilizer, adhesives, etc.
Etymology: ModL < Fr urée < Gr ouron, urine
urea
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- raise: Urography Care should be exercised in patients with moderate to severe impairment of renal function ( as reflected by a raised blood urea ).
- contain: The cream is an intense formula containing urea, which is the body's natural moisturizer.
- use: The same applies for thermal insulation materials which use urea and formaldehyde.
- produce: Modern stain removers use artificially produced urea to achieve the same result.
- remove: However, the kidneys are continuously removing urea from the blood and producing urine as a result.
Adjective modifier
- more: The greater the protein breakdown, the more urea is created and therefore more water is required for dilution.
- e.g.: Certain metabolic products ( e.g. urea ) in excess can cause tissue damage.
- dietary: Excess non-protein nitrogen in the form of dietary urea reduced embryo quality.
Preposition: into
- ammonia: The urease splits urinary urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide, which results in phosphates and carbon in the urine.
Modifies a noun
- formaldehyde: MDF MDF is largely composed of softwood bound together usually with a urea formaldehyde resin.
- nitrogen: For example, blood glucose levels in a diabetic dog or blood urea nitrogen levels for a cat with renal disease.
- breath: Breath tests You may also attend our unit for a hydrogen breath test or urea breath test.
- cycle: In the second part of your question you ask about the symptoms of specific disorders of the urea cycle.
- compound: For all the urea inclusion compounds studied, the optimum c g is ca.
- inclusion: For all the urea inclusion compounds studied, the optimum c g is ca.
Noun used with modifier
- serum: These changes result in an increase of about 50 % in creatinine clearance, and a fall in serum urea, creatinine and urate.
- blood: For example, blood glucose levels in a diabetic dog or blood urea nitrogen levels for a cat with renal disease.
- %: Bat urine is composed of 70 % urea which decays to form dilute ammonia and other compounds.
- plasma: The dialysis disequilibrium syndrome is associated with rapid initial reduction in plasma urea levels at the commencement of dialysis.
Preposition: in
- blood: In the kidney all the urea in the blood is excreted, along with a varying amount of water.
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