Definition of "uric" []

• Relating to, contained in, or obtained from urine. (adjective)

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• "The latest edition, by contrast, offered the gouty reader only what amounted to “condensed shop manual discourse: ‘The elevation in uric acid appears to be transmitted by an autosomal gene.’”"
• "Potassium citrate supplements have long been a common treatment for preventing calcium oxalate stones, as well as another type of stone called uric acid stones, in people who are prone to them."
• "In chemical composition caffeine closely resembles a waste, called uric acid, and in the body is converted into this substance."