A uricotelic organism excretes uric acid or its salts as a result of deamination. Among the three major forms of excretion of nitrogenous waste in organisms (the others being ammonotelism and ureotelism), uric acid is the least toxic and the least soluble in water. It can be stored in cells and body tissues without toxic effects and requires only ...
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<biology> Describes an organism that excretes excess nitrogen as uric acid. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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(u″rĭ-ko-tel´ik) having uric acid as the chief excretory product of nitrogen metabolism.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: yūr′i-kō-tel′ik Definitions: 1. Producing uric acid as the chief excretory product of nitrogen metabolism.
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