urea
pronunciation
How to pronounce urea in British English:
UK [jʊˈri:ə]
How to pronounce urea in American English:
US [jʊ'riə]
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- Noun:
- the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics
Word Origin
- urea (n.)
- compound found in the urine of animals, 1806, Latinized from French urée (1803), from Greek ouron "urine" (see urine).
Example
- 1. Urea was the only chemical that increased domoic-acid production .
- 2. Urea naturally breaks down into ammonia in the water .
- 3. Researchers serendipitously discovered that a mixture of urea , glycerol , and soap makes synthetic membranes transparent .
- 4. So he and his colleagues tested a range of chemicals found in fertilizers , including nitrate , ammonium and urea , to determine their effects on the algae .
- 5. When he refused to testify that a urea nitrate bomb had been the source of the explosion , the fbi found another lab technician to testify .