noun
- a salt of uric acid
Usage: chemistry; medicine
Examples
- Sodium urate crystals can form in joints and cause gout.
- The doctor explained that high levels of urate in the blood can lead to kidney stones.
- Urate deposits were found in the patient’s toe joint.
- The laboratory test measured urate concentration in the urine sample.
- Certain medications help reduce urate levels in the body.
- The formation of urate crystals is associated with purine metabolism.