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uric acid definition

uric acid

a white, odorless, crystalline substance, CHNO, found in urine, the excreta of birds and reptiles, etc.: it is slightly soluble in water

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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