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Uricosuric medications (drugs) are substances that increase the excretion of uric acid in the urine, thus reducing the concentration of uric acid in blood plasma. In general, this effect is achieved by action on the proximal tubule of the kidney. Drugs that reduce blood uric acid are not all uricosurics; blood uric acid can be reduced by other mec...
1. pertaining to, characterized by, or promoting uricosuria (= the excretion of uric acid in the urine). 2. an agent that promotes uricosuria.
1. <biochemistry> Pertaining to, characterised by or promoting uricosuria which is: the excretion of uric acid in the urine. ... 2. <pharmacology> An agent that promotes uricosuria. ... (18 Nov 1997) ... 
(u″rĭ-ko-su´rik) pertaining to, characterized by, or promoting uricosuria. an agent that promotes uricosuria.
Type: Term Pronunciation: yūr′i-kō-sū′rik Definitions: 1. Tending to increase the excretion of uric acid.
adjective acting to increase the excretion of uric acid in the urine