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UREA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics
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Hypernyms ("urea" is a kind of...):
organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)
Context examples:
An X-linked urea cycle metabolic disorder characterized by deficiency of ornithine transcarbamylase, resulting in the accumulation of ammonia in the serum.
(Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)
A quantitative measurement of the amount of urea nitrogen present in a serum sample.
(Blood Urea Nitrogen Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called BUN and urea nitrogen.
(Blood urea nitrogen, NCI Dictionary)
A non-peptidomimetic, water soluble, cyclic urea that is a selective inhibitor of HIV-1 protease.
(Mozenavir, NCI Thesaurus)
An X-linked urea cycle metabolic disorder characterized by deficiency of ornithine carbamoyltransferase, resulting in the accumulation of amino acids and ammonia in the serum.
(Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the urea nitrogen in a blood specimen.
(Blood Urea Nitrogen Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
It is characterized by a defective urea cycle, resulting in the accumulation of ammonia and other toxic substances in the blood.
(Citrullinemia, NCI Thesaurus)
This species is motile, non-spore forming, catalase positive, reduces nitrate, and hydrolyzes esculin, gelatin, and urea.
(Cellulomonas hominis, NCI Thesaurus)
This species is non-spore forming, non-encapsulated, oxidase and indole negative, catalase positive, reduces nitrates, hydrolyzes urea, but not esculin and is motile using a peritrichous flagella however, some strains can be nonmotile.
(Budvicia aquatica, NCI Thesaurus)
This species is oxidase and catalase positive, does not reduce nitrate and is negative for urea and lysine hydrolysis.
(Moraxella oblonga, NCI Thesaurus)
