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  • Urease

    An enzyme which converts urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide. An enzyme which hydrolyses urea to ammonia, carbon dioxide and water. It is present in soya-bean, soya proteins, and several DALS and grams, and is destroyed by moist heat treatment. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea to ammonia and carbon dioxide. An enzyme…

  • Uraturia

    The presence of excessive amounts of urates in the urine, e.g. in gout. Presence of uric acid salts in toe urine, especially their presence in abnormally large amounts, as in gout. Main breakdown product of proteins and the form in which nitrogen is excreted from the body in the urine. The presence in the urine…

  • Urataemia

    A condition in which urates are present in the blood, e.g. in gout.  

  • Upside-down stomach

    A pyrimidine base, one of the four bases in RNA in which it pairs with thymine.  

  • Upside down

    With the top turned to the bottom.  

  • Upset

    A slight illness.  

  • Upper respiratory infection

    An infection in the upper part of the respiratory system. An imprecise term for any infection involving the nasal passages, pharynx, and bronchi. The cause is usually bacterial or viral, and, occasionally, fungal.  

  • Upper motor neurone

    A neurone which takes impulses from the cerebral cortex. A neuron that starts in the motor region of the brain and ends in the motor nuclei of a cerebral nerve or in the central grey column of the spinal cord.  

  • Upper limb

    An arm.  

  • Upper arm

    The part of the arm from the shoulder to the elbow.  

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