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URICOSURIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does uricosuric mean?
• URICOSURIC (adjective)
The adjective URICOSURIC has 1 sense:
1. acting to increase the excretion of uric acid in the urine
Familiarity information: URICOSURIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acting to increase the excretion of uric acid in the urine
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
urine (liquid excretory product)
Context examples
The (-) enantiomer is natriuretic, and the (+) enantiomer is uricosuric.
(Indacrinone, NCI Thesaurus)
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