| uronic acid | <biochemistry> Carboxylic acids related to hexose sugars etc by oxidation of the primary alcohol group, for example glucuronic, galacturonic acid etc. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| uronic acids | Acids derived from monosaccharides by oxidation of the primary alcohol group (-CH2OH) farthest removed from the carbonyl group to a carboxyl group (-COOH); e.g., glucuronic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uronology | <study> That part of medicine which treats of urine. Synonym: urology. Origin: Gr. Urine. (04 Mar 1998) |
| uronoscopy | The diagnosis of diseases by inspection of urine. Origin: 1st uro- + -scopy: cf. F. Uroscopie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| uropathy | Any disorder involving the urinary tract. Origin: uro-+ G. Pathos, suffering Obstructive uropathy, any pathologic condition, anatomic or functional, of the urinary tract caused by obstruction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urophanic | Appearing in the urine; denoting any constituent, normal or pathologic, of the urine. Origin: uro-+ G. Phaino, to appear (05 Mar 2000) |
| urophein | A grayish pigment occasionally found in the urine, possibly identical with urobilin. Origin: uro-+ G. Phaios, gray (05 Mar 2000) |
| uropod | <zoology> Any one of the abdominal appendages of a crustacean, especially one of the posterior ones, which are often larger than the rest, and different in structure, and are used chiefly in locomotion. Origin: uro- + -pod. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| uropodal | <zoology> Of or pertaining to a uropod. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| uropoiesis | The production or secretion and excretion of urine. Origin: uro-+ G. Poiesis, a making (05 Mar 2000) |
| uropoietic | Relating or pertaining to uropoiesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uropoietic system | The kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra, considered as a system for the secretion and excretion of urine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uroporphyrin | <protein> Porphyrins are pigments found in both animal and plant life. This test is useful in evaluating any number of porphyrin disorders (involving the various porphyrins) of red blood cells. Increased levels of coproporphyrins can indicate congenital erythropoietic porphyria or sideroblastic anaemia. Increased protoporphyrins may be seen in infection, thalassaemia, sideroblastic anaemia, iron deficient anaemia, increased erythropoiesis and lead poisoning. Increased uroporphyrins may indicate congenital erythropoietic porphyria or erythropoietic protoporphyria. (27 Sep 1997) |
| uroporphyrin-III C-methyltransferase | <enzyme> From pseudomonas denitrificans; enzyme of the cobalamin biosynthetic pathway which catalyses the c methylation of uroporphyrinogen III; also catalyses both nad+ dependent oxidation of precorrin-2 to sirohydrochlorin and insertion of iron into it to produce siroheme; cysg gene is from E coli; product of coba gene of pseudomonas; do not confuse with coba gene product of salmonella typhimurium which yields ATP-corrinoid adenosyltransferase Registry number: EC 2.1.1.107 Synonym: uroiii methyltransferase, uroporphyrinogen III methylase, sumt methyltransferase, s-adenosylmethionine-uroporphyrinogen III methyltransferase, cysg gene product, siroheme synthase, coba gene product, propionibacterium (26 Jun 1999) |