urate

English

The white portion of Komodo dragons' excrement is urate.

Etymology

uric +‎ -ate

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjʊəɹeɪt/

Noun

urate (plural urates)

(organic chemistry) Any salt of uric acid.
The deposition of urate crystals in the joints leads to gout.

Translations

any salt of uric acid

Chinese:
Mandarin: 尿酸鹽／尿酸盐 (niàosuānyán)
Czech: močan m, urát m
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: uraatti (fi)
French: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: 尿酸塩 (にょうさんえん, nyōsan'en)
Polish: moczan (pl) m

Anagrams

Tauer, Ureta

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

urate m (plural urates)

urate

Further reading

“urate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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