uric acid

English

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)

Synonyms

• lithic acid
• rosacic acid

Coordinate terms

• urate (coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)

Related terms

• hippuric acid

Translations

bicyclic heterocyclic phenolic compound

• Catalan: àcid úric m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尿酸 (zh) (niàosuān)

• Czech: kyselina močová f
• Danish: urinsyre c
• Dutch: urinezuur (nl)
• Finnish: virtsahappo
• French: acide urique (fr) m
• German: Harnsäure (de) f
• Hungarian: húgysav (hu)
• Italian: acido urico (it) m
• Japanese: 尿酸 (ja) (にょうさん, nyōsan)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: urinsyre m or f

  Nynorsk: urinsyre f

• Polish: kwas moczowy m
• Portuguese: ácido úrico (pt) m
• Romanian: acid uric (ro) m
• Russian: мочева́я кислота́ (ru) f (močevája kislotá)
• Spanish: ácido úrico m
• Thai: กรดยูริก (th)
• Turkish: ürik asit (tr)

See also

• gout
• guano

Anagrams

• aciduric