A ureotelic organism excretes excess nitrogen as urea. It is one of the three major forms of excretion of nitrogenous waste in organisms, the others being ammonotelism and uricotelism. Urea is less toxic than the ammonia excreted by ammonotelic organisms. It requires 0.05 L of water to excrete 1 g of nitrogen, approximately only 10% of that requir...
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Describes an organism that excretes excess nitrogen as urea. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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(u″re-o-tel´ik) having urea as the chief excretory product of nitrogen metabolism.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: yū′rē-ō-tel′ik Definitions: 1. Excreting nitrogen primarily in the form of urea.
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