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)
- (organic chemistry, uncountable) A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH2)2, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.
- (chemistry, countable) Any N-substituted derivative of urea, with the general formula (R1R2N)CO(NR3R4).
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
organic compound
See also
Further reading
- “Urea” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
- “urea”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
Finnish
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 | |
Synonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈɾea/
Further reading
- “urea” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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