"uric acid" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} uric acid (uncountable)
  1. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) a bicyclic heterocyclic phenolic compound, formed in the body by the metabolism of protein and excreted in the urine (or in faeces, as in birds and insects) Wikipedia link: uric acid Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Acids, Biochemistry, Organic compounds Synonyms: lithic acid, rosacic acid Related terms: hippuric acid, gout, guano Coordinate_terms: urate (english: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution) Translations (bicyclic heterocyclic phenolic compound): àcid úric [masculine] (Catalan), 尿酸 (niàosuān) (Chinese Mandarin), kyselina močová [feminine] (Czech), urinsyre [common-gender] (Danish), urinezuur (Dutch), virtsahappo (Finnish), acide urique [masculine] (French), Harnsäure [feminine] (German), húgysav (Hungarian), asam urat (Indonesian), acido urico [masculine] (Italian), 尿酸 (nyōsan) (alt: にょうさん) (Japanese), мочна киселина (močna kiselina) [feminine] (Macedonian), asid urik (Malay), urinsyre [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), urinsyre [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kwas moczowy [masculine] (Polish), ácido úrico [masculine] (Portuguese), acid uric [masculine] (Romanian), мочева́я кислота́ (močevája kislotá) [feminine] (Russian), ácido úrico [masculine] (Spanish), กรดยูริก (Thai), ürik asit (Turkish)
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