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urate

/ˈjʊəɹeɪt/

urate noun: any salt of uric acid.

Noun

urate (plural urates)

  1. Any salt of uric acid.
    • The deposition of urate crystals in the joints leads to gout.
  2. (archaic) A solid powdered agricultural manure prepared by composting human urine by mixing it with various other ingredients (e.g., ground gypsum, lime, ashes) and then aging and drying the result.

urate meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

urate in Tamil

சிறுநீர் உப்பு, யூரிக் அமில உப்பு

urate in Indonesian

any salt of uric acid
urat

Forms of urate

pluralurates

Origin of urate

From uric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Words formed from urate

Questions about urate

What does urate mean?
Urate means any salt of uric acid.
What is urate in Tamil?
Urate in Tamil is சிறுநீர் உப்பு, யூரிக் அமில உப்பு. See Urate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is urate?
Urate is a noun.
How do you pronounce urate?
Urate is pronounced /ˈjʊəɹeɪt/.
What is the plural of urate?
The plural of urate is urates.

Words near urate in the dictionary

  1. Urartologists
  2. Urartology
  3. Urartu
  4. URAs
  5. urase
  6. urate
  7. urates
  8. uratic
  9. uratolytic
  10. uratosis
  11. uraturia

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: urate (page history and authors); urate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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