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Urate

Urate \U"rate\, n. [Cf. F. urate.] (Physiol. Chem.) A salt of uric acid; as, sodium urate; ammonium urate.

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urate

n. (context chemistry English) Any salt of uric acid.

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urate

n. a salt of uric acid

Usage examples of "urate".

We simply dissolve the stones, but only the so-called urate stones, I have to admit.

In division D is represented urate of soda, which is present in the tissues of persons suffering from gout.

To break up accumulation of urates lodging around the joints and muscles.

Healthy urine will leave a slight deposit or stain in any vessel in which it has been allowed to stand, due to the presence of urates, which sometimes become deposited in the urinary passages in the form of gravel.

He gives it the sweetness of lime to enrich and sweeten the soil, the bitterness of urates and nitrogen to further its development, and the gentle water of love, pity, mercy and charity.

When the urates are in excess they form a heavy pinkish deposit of a flocculent nature within from five to thirty minutes after the urine has been passed--that is, after it has been passed sufficiently long to cool.

To prove that the deposit is urates, heat the specimen to the temperature of the blood, when the deposit in question will disappear.

Excess of urates has now been definitely traced, in the majority of instances, to functional torpidity of the liver.

White musk and urates marred part of its scales, as though it had defecated and then crawled back through it.

To break up accumulation of urates lodging around the joints and muscles.

He gives it the sweetness of lime to enrich and sweeten the soil, the bitterness of urates and nitrogen to further its development, and the gentle water of love, pity, mercy and charity.