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urea
- /jʊˈɹiːə/ UK
- /ˈjʊəɹɪə/ UK
- /jʊˈɹiə/ Canada, US
- /ˈjurɪjɑ/ South Asia
- /jʊˈrɪjɑ/ South Asia
Rhymes with -iːə
Where it comes from
From New Latin, from French urée, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).
noun ureas
- 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 close
- Any N-substituted derivative of urea, with the general formula (R₁R₂N)CO(NR₃R₄).
Similar: carbamide
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: carbamide
Translations
Talk about this word "urea." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/urea. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. urea. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/urea "urea." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/urea.Cite this
@misc{urea_2026,
title = {urea},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/urea},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
