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Uric acid   /jˈərɪk ˈæsəd/   Listen
Uric acid

noun
1.
A white tasteless odorless crystalline product of protein metabolism; found in the blood and urine.





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... powder at the bottom of the posterior one. In the latter, however, its presence might, by possibility, have been accidental. My colleague, Dr. Percy, who kindly undertook to examine this substance, informs me that he has been unable to detect uric acid in it. The follicular appendages of the branchial arteries present remarkable differences in their external appearance. The eight which hang into the four anterior chambers are similar, slightly festooned, but otherwise simple lamellae; ...
— Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 - Zoology • Various


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