[yoo-ree-uh, yoo
r-ee-uh] 
| 1. | Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH2)2, occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism. |
| 2. | Chemistry. a water-soluble powder form of this compound, obtained by the reaction of liquid ammonia and liquid carbon dioxide: used as a fertilizer, animal feed, in the synthesis of plastics, resins, and barbiturates, and in medicine as a diuretic and in the diagnosis of kidney function. |
| car·ba·mide (kär'bə-mīd', kär-bām'ĭd) n. See urea. [carb(o)- + amide.] |
| u·re·a (yŏŏ-rē'ə) n. A water-soluble compound, CO(NH2)2, that is the major nitrogenous end product of protein metabolism and is the chief nitrogenous component of the urine in mammals and other organisms. Also called carbamide. [New Latin, from French urée, from urine, urine, from Old French, from Latin ūrīna; see urine.] |
carbamide car·ba·mide (kär'bə-mīd', kär-bām'ĭd)
n.
See urea.
urea u·re·a (y&oobreve;-rē'ə)
n.
A water-soluble compound that is the major nitrogenous end product of protein metabolism and is the chief nitrogenous component of the urine in mammals and other organisms. Also called carbamide.