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UREA
urea, carbamide
(noun) the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
urea (countable and uncountable, plural ureas)
(organic compound, uncountable) A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH2)2, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.
(chemistry, countable) Any N-substituted derivative of urea, with the general formula (R1R2N)CO(NR3R4).
Synonyms
• carbamide
Anagrams
• eaur
Source: Wiktionary
U"re*a, a. Etym: [NL. See Urine.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: A very soluble crystalline body which is the chief constituent of the urine in mammals and some other animals. It is also present in small quantity in blood, serous fluids, lymph, the liver, etc.
Note: It is the main product of the regressive metamorphosis (katabolism) of proteid matter in the body, and is excreted daily to the amount of about 500 grains by a man of average weight. Chemically it is carbamide, CO(NH2)2, and when heated with strong acids or alkalies is decomposed into carbonic acid and ammonia. It unites with acids to form salts, as nitrate of urea, and it can be made synthetically from ammonium cyanate, with which it is isomeric. Urea ferment, a soluble ferment formed by certain bacteria, which, however, yield the ferment from the body of their cells only after they have been killed by alcohol. It causes urea to take up water and decompose into carbonic acid and ammonia. Many different bacteria possess this property, especially Bacterium ureæ and Micrococcus ureæ, which are found abundantly in urines undergoing alkaline fermentation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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