uric acid
Noun
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Noun
uric acid (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) 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)
- French: acide urique
- German: Harnsäure
- Italian: acido urico
- Portuguese: ácido úrico
- Russian: мочева́я кислота́
- Spanish: ácido úrico
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