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URIC ACID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A white tasteless odorless crystalline product of protein metabolism; found in the blood and urine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("uric acid" is a kind of...):
acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)
Context examples:
Anti-gout agents may reduce inflammation, stimulate elimination of uric acid, or increase production of uric acid.
(Anti-gout Preparation, NCI Thesaurus)
Allopurinol inhibits xanthine oxidase, an enzyme that converts oxypurines to uric acid.
(Allopurinol, NCI Thesaurus)
A drug used to treat gout (inflamed joints caused by a buildup of uric acid).
(Colchicine, NCI Dictionary)
A drug used to treat high blood levels of uric acid in patients with leukemia, lymphoma, and other types of cancer who are receiving certain types of cancer treatment.
(Elitek, NCI Dictionary)
A drug that lowers high levels of uric acid (a byproduct of metabolism) in the blood caused by some cancer treatments.
(Allopurinol, NCI Dictionary)
Hereditary metabolic disorder characterized by recurrent acute arthritis, hyperuricemia and deposition of sodium urate in and around the joints, sometimes with formation of uric acid calculi.
(Gout, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Normally, uric acid dissolves in the blood.
(Gout, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
A condition marked by increased levels of uric acid in the blood, joints, and tissue.
(Gout, NCI Dictionary)
Febuxostat may provide protection against acute renal failure caused by the excessive release of uric acid that occurs upon massive tumor cell lysis resulting from the treatment of some malignancies.
(Febuxostat, NCI Thesaurus)
Pharmaceutical Anti-gout Preparations such as colchicine, allopurinol, probenecid, and sulfinpyrazone contain natural or synthetic agents against gout, a condition characterized by increased uric acid accumulation.
(Anti-gout Preparation, NCI Thesaurus)
