Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uricosuric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: uri-co-suric
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to gout suppressants that act directly on the renal tubule to increase the excretion of uric acid, thus reducing its concentrations in plasma.

noun

Any medicine of this kind.

Example Sentences

"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)."
"If the contention of Folin and Lyman and of Denis as to the identity of the uricosuric activity of cinchophen and the salicylates is correct, the same alterations in uric acid excretion should occur when the latter is administered after section of renal nerves as when cinchophen is given."

Etymology

Etymology tree English uricosuria Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English uricosuric From uricosuria + -ic.

Inflected Forms

uricosurics (plural)

Questions

What does uricosuric mean?: Pertaining to gout suppressants that act directly on the renal tubule to increase the excretion of uric acid, thus reducing its concentrations in plasma.
Where does uricosuric come from?: Etymology tree English uricosuria Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English uricosuric From uricosuria + -ic.

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