URATE - Definition

WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a salt of uric acid

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	See Also:	chalkstone, salt, tophus

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\U"rate\, n. [Cf. F. urate.] (Physiol. Chem.) A salt of uric acid; as, sodium urate; ammonium urate.

Biology Dictionary

	Definition:	This is a purine by-product of the metabolism of DNA. Normal blood range: 140 to 450 umol/L