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urea

noun \y-ˈrē-ə\

Medical Definition of UREA

:  a soluble weakly basic nitrogenous compound CH4N2O that is the chief solid component of mammalian urine and an end product of protein decomposition and that is administered intravenously as a diuretic drug—called also carbamide

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