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urea en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈjurɪjɑ/ (South-Asia)
  • /ˈjʊəɹɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /jʊˈɹiə/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /jʊˈrɪjɑ/ (South-Asia)
  • /jʊˈɹiːə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der. Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō) Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron)der. French uréeder. New Latinder. English urea From New Latin, from French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH₂)₂, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.
    • Five of them — Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain — supply more than a third of the world’s urea, an important nitrogen fertilizer, and nearly a quarter of another one, ammonia. […] Over the past week, the price of urea sold in Egypt, a market that economists track closely, climbed more than 35 percent. 2026 March 9, Sam Sifton, “The War’s Effect on the Supermarket”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2026:
  2. (countable) Any N-substituted derivative of urea, with the general formula (R₁R₂N)CO(NR₃R₄).

Forms

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Deriveds

sulphonylurea · urea cycle · phenylthiourea · tetramethylurea · ureameter · diphenylurea · dicyclohexylurea · nitrosourea · urealytic · alpha-naphthylthiourea · suramin · ureagenesis · imidazolidinyl urea · polyurea · nitrourea · carbamylurea · isourea · urea-formaldehyde · methylol urea · alkylurea · carburazepam · glyburide · nonurea · bromovalerylurea · glycolylurea · thiourea · sulfourea · bromerguride · uremia · ureal · nitrosoethylurea · ureido- · hydroxyurea · glibornuride · triurea · malonylurea · sulfonylurea · arylurea · selenourea · ureic · urease · oligourea · pseudourea · dimethylurea · bisurea · uraemia · diallylurea · ureametry

Relateds

biuret

Synonyms

carbamide

Translations (44)

az sidik cövhəri (organic compound) · sh urea (organic compound) · sh urèa (organic compound) · cs urea (organic compound) · tr üre (organic compound) · nb urea (organic compound) · bg карбамид (organic compound) · cs močovina (organic compound) · pl mocznik (organic compound) · ko 요소 (organic compound) · nn urea (organic compound) · mi matū mimi (organic compound) · nb urinstoff (organic compound) · cmn(derivative) · de Harnstoff (organic compound) · ca urea (organic compound) · sv urinämne (organic compound) · fa اوره (organic compound) · fr urée (organic compound) · yue(derivative) · da urinstof (organic compound) · sh mòkraćevina (organic compound) · eo ureo (organic compound) · yue 尿素 (organic compound) · ga úiré (organic compound) · pt ureia (organic compound) · cmn 尿素 (organic compound) · ru мочеви́на (organic compound) · fi urea (organic compound) · da urea (organic compound) · kk несепнәр (organic compound) · fi virtsa-aine (organic compound) · cs karbamid (organic compound) · hu karbamid (derivative) · sv karbamid (organic compound) · it urea (organic compound) · es urea (organic compound) · nn urinstoff (organic compound) · ja 尿素 (organic compound) · nl ureum (organic compound) · sv urea (organic compound) · he שתנן (organic compound) · sl sečnína (organic compound) · el ουρία (organic compound)