Urea Definition

yo͝o-rēə
noun
A highly soluble, crystalline solid, CO(NH2)2, found in the urine and other bodily fluids of mammals or produced synthetically: used in making plastics, fertilizer, adhesives, etc.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
urea
Plural:
ureas

Origin of Urea

  • New Latin from French urée from urine urine from Old French from Latin ūrīna urine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • New Latin, from French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (ouron, “urine").

    From Wiktionary

Urea Sentence Examples

  • Dry chlorine gas passed into melted urea decomposes it with formation of cyanuric acid and ammonium chloride, nitrogen and ammonia being simultaneously liberated.

  • Alkaline hypobromites or hypochlorites or nitrous acid decompose urea into carbon dioxide and nitrogen.

  • On oxidation with potassium permanganate it is converted into acetyl urea, together with other products.

  • On the latter they act as diuretics, but less powerfully than potassium, increasing the flow of water and the output of urea and rendering the urine less acid.

  • Urea may be recognized by its crystalline oxalate and nitrate, which are produced on adding oxalic and nitric acids to concentrated solutions of the base; by the white precipitate formed on adding mercuric nitrate to the neutral aqueous solutions of urea; and by the so-called "biuret" reaction.

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Words Starting With

UURURE

Words Ending With

AEAREA

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With U4 Letter Words Ending With A