| uranite | <chemical> A general term for the uranium phosphates, autunite, or lime uranite, and torbernite, or copper uranite. Origin: Cf. G. Uranit, F. Uranite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| uranitic | <chemistry> Of or pertaining to uranium; containing uranium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| uranium | <element>A radioactive metallic element whose isotope, uranium-235, is a nuclear fission fuel. Plutonium, another fission fuel, can be produced from the more plentiful isotope uranium-238. (09 Oct 1997) |
| uranium compounds | Inorganic compounds that contain uranium as an integral part of the molecule. (12 Dec 1998) |
| uranium nephritis | An experimental nephritis produced by the administration of uranium nitrate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urano- | The hard palate. Origin: G. Ouranos, sky vault, ouraniskos, roof of mouth (palate) (05 Mar 2000) |
| uranographic | Of or pertaining to uranography; as, an uranographic treatise. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| uranographical | Of or pertaining to uranography; as, an uranographic treatise. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| uranographist | One practiced in uranography. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| uranography | A description or plan of the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the construction of celestial maps, globes, etc.; uranology. Origin: Gr.; heaven + to write. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| uranology | <study> A discourse or treatise on the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the study of the heavens; uranography. Origin: Gr. Heaven. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| uranometry | <astronomy> A chart or catalogue of fixed stars, especially of stars visible to the naked eye. Origin: Gr. Heaven + -metry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| uranoplasty | <surgery> The plastic operation for closing a fissure in the hard palate. See: Uraniscoplasty. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| uranorrhaphy | Synonym: palatorrhaphy. Origin: urano-+ G. Rhaphe, suture (05 Mar 2000) |
| uranoschisis | Cleft of the hard palate. Synonym: uraniscochasm. Origin: urano-+ G. Schisis, fissure (05 Mar 2000) |