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Definition of: uric acid
Biochem.
A white, almost insoluble dibasic acid, C5H4N4O3, of varying crystalline forms, found in small quantity in human urine. It is a product of the incomplete oxidation of animal tissue and animal diet, and forms the nucleus of most urinary and renal calculi.
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