urea
English
Etymology
New Latin, from French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jʊˈɹiːə/, /ˈjʊəɹɪə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -iːə
Noun
urea (countable and uncountable, plural ureas)
- (organic chemistry, biochemistry, uncountable) A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH2)2, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.
- (organic chemistry, countable) Any N-substituted derivative of urea, with the general formula (R1R2N)CO(NR3R4).
Synonyms
Derived terms
- alkylurea
- alpha-naphthylthiourea
- bisurea
- bromerguride
- bromovalerylurea
- carbamylurea
- carburazepam
- diallylurea
- dicyclohexylurea
- dimethylurea
- diphenylurea
- glibornuride
- glyburide
- glycolylurea
- hydroxyurea
- imidazolidinyl urea
- isourea
- malonylurea
- methylol urea
- nitrosoethylurea
- nitrosourea
- nitrourea
- nonurea
- oligourea
- phenylthiourea
- polyurea
- pseudourea
- selenourea
- sulfonylurea
- sulfourea
- suramin
- tetramethylurea
- thiourea
- triurea
- urea cycle
- urea-formaldehyde
- ureagenesis
- ureal
- urealytic
- ureameter
- ureametry
- urease
- ureic
- ureido-
Translations
organic compound
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See also
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Urea”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “urea”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈureɑ/, [ˈure̞ɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ureɑ
- Syllabification(key): u‧re‧a
Declension
| Inflection of urea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | urea | ureat | ||
| genitive | urean | ureoiden ureoitten | ||
| partitive | ureaa | ureoita | ||
| illative | ureaan | ureoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | urea | ureat | ||
| accusative | nom. | urea | ureat | |
| gen. | urean | |||
| genitive | urean | ureoiden ureoitten ureainrare | ||
| partitive | ureaa | ureoita | ||
| inessive | ureassa | ureoissa | ||
| elative | ureasta | ureoista | ||
| illative | ureaan | ureoihin | ||
| adessive | urealla | ureoilla | ||
| ablative | urealta | ureoilta | ||
| allative | urealle | ureoille | ||
| essive | ureana | ureoina | ||
| translative | ureaksi | ureoiksi | ||
| abessive | ureatta | ureoitta | ||
| instructive | — | ureoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
Further reading
- “urea”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈrɛ.a/
- Rhymes: -ɛa
- Hyphenation: u‧rè‧a
- IPA(key): /ˈu.re.a/
- Rhymes: -urea
- Hyphenation: ù‧re‧a
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).
References
- “urea” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).
References
- “urea” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈɾea/ [uˈɾe.a]
- Rhymes: -ea
- Syllabification: u‧re‧a
Further reading
- “urea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Usage notes
Called karbamid in skincare products.
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