urea
English
/jʊˈɹiːə/
noun
Definitions
- (organic compound) A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.
- (chemistry) Any N-substituted derivative of urea, with the general formula (R).
Etymology
Derived from French urée derived from Ancient Greek οὖρον (urine).
Origin
Ancient Greek
οὖρον
Gloss
urine
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
尿
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alkyl English
- alkylurea English
- allylthiourea English
- antiurease English
- arylthiourea English
- bisthiourea English
- bisurea English
- carbamyl English
- carbamylurea English
- cyclohexyl English
- dialkylthiourea English
- diallyl English
- diallylurea English
- dicyclohexylurea English
- dimethyl English
- dimethylurea English
- diphenyl English
- diphenylurea English
- ethyl English
- ethylnitrosourea English
- glycolyl English
- glycolylurea English
- hydroxyurea English
- isothiourea English
- isourea English
- malonyl English
- malonylurea English
- methylthiourea English
- naphthylthiourea English
- nitroso English
- nitrosoethylurea English
- nitrosourea English
- nitrourea English
- nonsulfonylurea English
- nonurea English
- oligourea English
- phenyl English
- phenylthiourea English
- polyurea English
- polyureic English
- pseudourea English
- selenourea English
- sulfonyl English
- sulfonylurea English
- sulfourea English
- tetramethyl English
- tetramethylurea English
- tetramethyluronium English
- thio- English
- thiourea English
- triurea English
- ureagenesis English
- ureal English
- urealytic English
- ureameter English
- ureametry English
- urease English
- ureic English
- ureide English
- ureido- English
- uro- English
- thiourée French
- urée French
- urémie French
- уроло́гия Russian
- urografía Spanish, Castilian
- λυγγούριον Ancient Greek
- οὐρέω Ancient Greek
- οὔρησις Ancient Greek
- οὖρον Ancient Greek
- *h₂worsom Proto-Indo-European
- urea Norwegian Bokmål
- urea Norwegian Nynorsk
- úiréa- Irish
- úiréi- Irish
- ούρο Greek (modern)
- uro- Translingual
- uro-
- ureic
- thio-
- ethyl
- alkyl
- ureal
- urease
- phenyl
- ureide
- diallyl
- nonurea
- bisurea
- ureido-
- nitroso
- malonyl
- isourea
- triurea
- diphenyl
- sulfonyl
- carbamyl
- dimethyl
- glycolyl
- polyurea
- thiourea
- sulfourea
- ureameter
- alkylurea
- urealytic
- polyureic
- nitrourea
- ureametry
- oligourea
- cyclohexyl
- selenourea
- antiurease
- pseudourea
- ureagenesis
- nitrosourea
- hydroxyurea
- isothiourea
- diallylurea
- malonylurea
- tetramethyl
- bisthiourea
- carbamylurea
- diphenylurea
- dimethylurea
- glycolylurea
- sulfonylurea
- arylthiourea
- allylthiourea
- methylthiourea
- phenylthiourea
- dialkylthiourea
- tetramethylurea
- nonsulfonylurea
- nitrosoethylurea
- ethylnitrosourea
- naphthylthiourea
- dicyclohexylurea
- tetramethyluronium