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ureic

ureic adjective: of, relating to, or derived from urea.

Adjective

ureic (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, or derived from urea.
    • In the morning the blood was crowded with commuters, the glucose peons, lactic and ureic sanitation workers, hemoglobinous deliverymen carrying loads of freshly brewed oxygen in their dented vans, […]2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Origin of ureic

From urea + -ic.

Words formed from ureic

Questions about ureic

What does ureic mean?
Ureic means of, relating to, or derived from urea.
What part of speech is ureic?
Ureic is an adjective.

Words near ureic in the dictionary

  1. uredosporic
  2. uredosporous
  3. uredostage
  4. uredostages
  5. urefibrate
  6. ureic
  7. ureid
  8. ureide
  9. ureides
  10. ureido-
  11. ureidopenicillin

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