urea

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jʊˈɹiːə/, /ˈjʊəɹɪə/

Noun

urea (countable and uncountable, plural ureas)

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

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Further reading
  • “Urea” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “urea”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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Finnish

Noun

urea

  1. urea

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
instructive — ureoin
abessive ureatta ureoitta
comitative — ureoineen

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Italian

Noun

urea f (plural uree)

  1. urea

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).

Noun

urea (indeclinable)

  1. (uncountable) urea, carbamide

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).

Noun

urea (indeclinable)

  1. (uncountable) urea, carbamide

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Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uˈɾea/

Noun

urea f (plural ureas)

  1. urea (organic compound)

Further reading
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