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urates

urates is the plural of urate.

Meaning of urate

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.

Questions about urates

What is urates the plural of?
Urates is the plural of urate.

Words near urates in the dictionary

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

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