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語源

From uric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈjʊəɹeɪt/

名詞

urate (plural urates)

1. (organic chemistry) Any salt of uric acid.

   The deposition of urate crystals in the joints leads to gout.

2. (archaic) A solid powdered agricultural manure prepared by composting human urine by mixing it with various other ingredients (e.g., ground gypsum, lime, ashes) and then aging and drying the result.

   Coordinate term: poudrette (counterpart manure from human feces)

使用する際の注意点

The agricultural manure sense was more common in the nineteenth century than it has been since then. Reuse of human excreta continues today via various systems and technologies that use other terminology.

アナグラム

• Tauer, Ureta