urea
English edit
Etymology edit
New Latin, from French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
urea (countable and uncountable, plural ureas)
- (organic chemistry, biochemistry, uncountable) A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH2)2, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.
- (organic chemistry, countable) Any N-substituted derivative of urea, with the general formula (R1R2N)CO(NR3R4).
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- alkylurea
- alpha-naphthylthiourea
- bisurea
- bromerguride
- bromovalerylurea
- carbamylurea
- carburazepam
- diallylurea
- dicyclohexylurea
- dimethylurea
- diphenylurea
- glibornuride
- glyburide
- glycolylurea
- hydroxyurea
- imidazolidinyl urea
- isourea
- malonylurea
- methylol urea
- nitrosoethylurea
- nitrosourea
- nitrourea
- nonurea
- oligourea
- phenylthiourea
- polyurea
- pseudourea
- selenourea
- sulfonylurea
- sulfourea
- suramin
- tetramethylurea
- thiourea
- triurea
- urea cycle
- urea-formaldehyde resin
- ureagenesis
- ureal
- urealytic
- ureameter
- ureametry
- urease
- ureic
- ureido-
Translations edit
organic compound
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Urea”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “urea”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism (see English urea), ultimately from New Latin urea.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
urea
Declension edit
Inflection of urea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | urea | ureat | ||
genitive | urean | ureoiden ureoitten | ||
partitive | ureaa | ureoita | ||
illative | ureaan | ureoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | urea | ureat | ||
accusative | nom. | urea | ureat | |
gen. | urean | |||
genitive | urean | ureoiden ureoitten ureainrare | ||
partitive | ureaa | ureoita | ||
inessive | ureassa | ureoissa | ||
elative | ureasta | ureoista | ||
illative | ureaan | ureoihin | ||
adessive | urealla | ureoilla | ||
ablative | urealta | ureoilta | ||
allative | urealle | ureoille | ||
essive | ureana | ureoina | ||
translative | ureaksi | ureoiksi | ||
abessive | ureatta | ureoitta | ||
instructive | — | ureoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “urea”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /uˈrɛ.a/
- Rhymes: -ɛa
- Hyphenation: u‧rè‧a
- IPA(key): /ˈu.re.a/
- Rhymes: -urea
- Hyphenation: ù‧re‧a
Noun edit
urea f (plural uree)
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).
Noun edit
urea (indeclinable)
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “urea” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).
Noun edit
urea (indeclinable)
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “urea” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
urea f (plural ureas)
- urea (organic compound)
Further reading edit
- “urea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Noun edit
urea c
Usage notes edit
Called karbamid in skincare products.
Declension edit
Declension of urea | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | urea | urean | — | — |
Genitive | ureas | ureans | — | — |