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Urate
A salt derived from uric acid. When the body cannot metabolize uric acid properly, urates can build up in body tissues or crystallize within the joints. See also gout, uric acid.
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A salt of uric acid.
- u. oxidase a copper-containing, oxygen-requiring oxidoreductase that oxidizes uric acid; used in the clinical diagnosis of increased uric acid levels. SYN: uricase.

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urate 'yu̇(ə)r-.āt n a salt of uric acid <deposits of \urates in the joints>

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(ūrґāt) any salt or anion of uric acid; the salts are insoluble in water and can form crystals, stones, and calculi.

Medical dictionary. 2011.