urate

[ yoor-eyt ]

nounChemistry.

a salt of uric acid.

Origin of urate

First recorded in 1790–1800; ur(ic acid) + -ate²

Other words from urate

u·rat·ic [yoo-rat-ik], /yʊˈræt ɪk/, adjective

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How to use urate in a sentence

Amorphous urates are readily soluble in caustic soda solutions.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
It is possible—as in urate infarcts of infants—for urates to be molded into cylindric bodies within the renal tubules.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
In typical gout, with the deposits of urates in the joints and cartilages, the diagnosis may be easy.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick Laidlaw
So, it has seemed to me that the deposit of urates in and around a joint is no proof of their excess in the blood.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick Laidlaw
The claim that hexamethylenamin renders soluble the uric acid and urates is also without foundation.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for urate

urate

/ (ˈjʊəreɪt) /

noun

any salt or ester of uric acid

Derived forms of urate

uratic (jʊˈrætɪk), adjective

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