Uricosuric

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any medicine of this kind.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to gout suppressants that act directly on the renal tubule to increase the excretion of uric acid, thus reducing its concentrations in plasma. not-comparable

    "The relation of chemical constitution to the effect on the uric acid excretion, the uricosuric action, of cinchophen was first studied by Niccolaier and Dohrn (1908)."

Adjective
  1. 1
    acting to increase the excretion of uric acid in the urine wordnet

Example

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"The relation of chemical constitution to the effect on the uric acid excretion, the uricosuric action, of cinchophen was first studied by Niccolaier and Dohrn (1908)."

Etymology

From uricosuria + -ic.

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