When boiled with baryta-water it decomposes into urea and ammonia.
urea constitutes about one-half of all the solids, or about 30 gm.
The amount of urea is normally about twice that of the chlorids.
urea is decreased in diseases of the liver with destruction of liver substance.
urea, when heated, gives off Ammonia, and becomes Cyanuric acid.
It consists of a molecule of quinine hydrochloride and one of urea.
In the kidneys, it loses water and nitrogenous wastes (urea).
It is a product of the decomposition of the soluble cyanates by dilute acids, or of urea by heat, &c.
As we have seen, the urea is very slightly lower; but after much exertion the uric acid is increased.
The accumulation of bile or urea in the blood diminishes the nerve energy.
1806, Latinized from French urée (1803), from Greek ouron "urine" (see urine).
urea u·re·a (yu-rē'ə)
n.
A water-soluble compound that is the major nitrogenous end product of protein metabolism and is the chief nitrogenous component of the urine in mammals and other organisms. Also called carbamide.
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