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How to pronounce urea

IPA transcription: [jɚ'iə]

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Noun

  • the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics

Usage examples

  • When introduced, loonie coins were made of Aureate, a bronze-electroplated nickel combination.
  • Because he is not the right fit for any type of job, he’ll become a bureaucrat.
  • Its youth wing was the International Bureau of Revolutionary Youth Organizations.
  • The Myasishchev design bureau was formed to build such a bomber.
  • He supported the Bureaucracy Reduction and Closure Commission and performance-based budgeting.
  • I would also like to congratulate all the other members of the Bureau with their election.
  • Only the urea is released to the cell sap’s general reserve of metabolites.
  • He designed the Yakovlev military aircraft and founded the Yakovlev Design Bureau.
  • Smaller bureaus are also found in Islamabad and Lahore.
  • He was a cousin of Nobel laureate Wilhelm Wien.