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Urea

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Noun

1. carbamide, urea

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Urea

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noun
a white water-soluble crystalline compound with a saline taste and often an odour of ammonia, produced by protein metabolism and excreted in urine. A synthetic form is used as a fertilizer, animal feed, and in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: CO(NH2)2
. Also called: carbamide

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Urea

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noun
a highly soluble, crystalline solid, CO(NH2)2, found in the urine and other body fluids of mammals or produced synthetically: used in making plastics, fertilizer, adhesives, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Urea

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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 certain other animals. Also called carbamide.

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