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adj
Pertaining to gout suppressants that act directly on the renal tubule to increase the excretion of uric acid, thus reducing its concentrations in plasma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Any medicine of this kind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
acting to increase the excretion of uric acid in the urine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree English uricosuria Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English uricosuric From uricosuria + -ic.
