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What does urea mean?

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  1. (organic chemistry) A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH2)2, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.
  2. (chemistry) Any N-substituted derivative of urea, with the general formula (R1R2N)CO(NR3R4).
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It does this by activating its own cytoplasmic urease, which converts urea into carbon dioxide and ammonia.
Serous cell transport of urea may be analogous to secretion of uric acid, the major antioxidant in nasal secretions.
One popular explosive for industrial use is made from fertilizers like ammonium nitrate or urea, fuel oil, and nitric or sulfuric acid.
These include things such as urea, ammonia, nitric acid, and ammonium phosphate.
Alkalaemia suppresses renal ammoniagenesis, but the hydrolysis of urea by bacteria liberates ammonia that alkalises urine.
The rice stored in their school for the noon meal scheme was found to be adulterated with fine iron particles, urea, bits of mortar and what not.

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