UREA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does urea mean? 

• UREA (noun)
  The noun UREA has 1 sense:

1. the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics

  Familiarity information: UREA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UREA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

carbamide; urea

Hypernyms ("urea" is a kind of...):

organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)

 Context examples 

This gene plays a role in the urea cycle.

(ARG1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) (ratio) of the blood urea nitrogen (BUN) to the creatinine in a biological specimen.

(Blood Urea Nitrogen To Creatinine Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Ornithine, one of the starting materials for polyamine biosynthesis, is derived from the amino acid arginine as part of the urea cycle.

(Biosynthesis of Spermidine and Spermine Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This allele, which encodes arginase-1 protein, is involved in the metabolism of both amino acids and urea.

(ARG1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A high level of urea nitrogen in the blood may be a sign of a kidney problem.

(Blood Urea, NCI Dictionary)

A rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder characterized by a deficiency of the enzyme arginase resulting in accumulation of arginine and urea in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid.

(Argininemia, NCI Thesaurus)

A high salt diet increased glucocorticoid levels, causing muscle and liver to burn more energy to produce urea, which was then used in the kidney for water conservation.

(How the body regulates salt levels, NIH)

Also called blood urea nitrogen and urea nitrogen.

(BUN, NCI Dictionary)

An orally available isoxazole urea with potential anti-tumor activity.

(N-(5-tert-butyl-3-isoxazolyl)-N-(4-(4-pyridinyl)oxyphenyl) Urea, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of a class of alkylating agents that contain both a nitroso group and a urea.

(Nitrosourea Compound, NCI Thesaurus)