| urate | <physiology> A salt of uric acid; as, sodium urate; ammonium urate. Origin: Cf. F. Urate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| urate crystals stain | <technique> A stain using silver methenamine to detect crystals, which polarise light in contrast with calcium crystals; useful in diagnosing gout and kidney infarcts resulting from uric acid build-up. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urate oxidase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the conversion of urate and unidentified products. It is a copper protein. The initial products decompose to form allantoin. Chemical name: Urate:oxygen oxidoreductase Registry number: EC 1.7.3.3 (12 Dec 1998) |
| uratemia | The presence of urates, especially sodium urate, in the blood. Origin: urate + G. Haima, blood (05 Mar 2000) |
| urateribonucleotide phosphorylase | A ribosyltransferase that reacts urate d-ribonucleotide with orthophosphate to produce urate plus d-ribose 1-phosphate. (05 Mar 2000) |