urea

English

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Etymology

New Latin, from French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (“urine”).

Noun

urea (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH₂)₂, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.
2. (chemistry) Any N-substituted derivative of urea, with the general formula (R₁R₂N)CO(NR₃R₄).

Synonyms

• carbamide

Derived terms

• polyurea
• urea-formaldehyde resin

See also

• biuret

Translations

CO(NH₂)₂

Catalan: urea (ca) f. Chinese: 尿素 (cmn) (niào sù) Czech: urea (cs) f., močovina (cs) f., karbamid (cs) m. Finnish: virtsa-aine (fi), urea (fi) French: urée (fr) f. Greek: ουρία (el) (ouría) f. Italian: urea (it) f.

Japanese: 尿素 (ja) (nyōso) Korean: 요소 (ko) (yoso) Polish: mocznik m. Russian: мочевина (ru) (močevína) f. Spanish: urea (es) f. Swedish: urea (sv) c., urinämne (sv) n. Turkish: üre (tr)

derivative of CO(NH₂)₂

Chinese: Mandarin: 脲 (zh) (niào)

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Finnish

Noun

urea

1. urea

Declension

Declension of urea (type kulkija) singular plural nominative urea ureat genitive urean ureoiden ureoitten ureain1 partitive ureaa ureoita accusative urea urean ureat inessive ureassa ureoissa elative ureasta ureoista illative ureaan ureoihin adessive urealla ureoilla ablative urealta ureoilta allative urealle ureoille essive ureana ureoina translative ureaksi ureoiksi instructive – ureoin abessive ureatta ureoitta comitative – ureoineen 1) Rare.

Synonyms

• virtsa-aine

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Italian

Noun

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urea f. (plural uree)

1. urea

Derived terms

• poliurea

Anagrams

• aure