How to Use urea in a Sentence

urea

noun
Definition of ureanext
  • This oral route gets rid of urea between 15 and 50 times faster than the kidneys.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 11 Oct. 2012
  • It’s enriched with urea, an AHA that hydrates dry skin and smooths out bumps and scales.
    — Lacey Muinos, Health, 18 July 2023
  • But making urea takes a lot of energy, which leads to hunger — in mice, at least.
    — Josh Hafner, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2017
  • In India, a lack of urea has made farmers fear for their livelihoods.
    — New York Times, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Citrulline is involved in our urea cycle, or the way our body gets rid of waste via our pee.
    — Alyssa Jung, Good Housekeeping, 31 July 2023
  • More than half of China’s urea exports this year have gone to India.
    — New York Times, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Instead, the urea’s nitrogen is retained in the body and used to make amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.
    — Matthew Regan, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The meat of the Greenland shark has toxically high levels of urea.
    — The Economist, 9 Jan. 2020
  • The price of food is going to go way up because Big Ag is so dependent on these urea and potash supplies.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Mar. 2022
  • If ointment leaves your child feeling greasy, use a cream with glycyrrhetinic acid, urea, glycerol or oats in it.
    — Hallie Levine, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
  • If ice has already built up, use calcium chloride or urea to melt the dam, not rock salt, experts say.
    — Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Mammals excrete their nitrogenous waste as urea in pee, but birds excrete it as uric acid in a sticky white paste.
    — David Treuer, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The sample cylinders made with urea and naphthalene could hold the heavy weights and retain a mostly stable shape.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 31 Mar. 2020
  • Glycolic acid, lactic acid, and urea are alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) that loosen and shed old skin cells.
    — Lacey Muinos, Health, 18 July 2023
  • Urea cycle disorder prevents the removal of protein waste from the body.
    — Max Londberg, kansascity, 16 Aug. 2017
  • The truck plant over the weekend acknowledged a spill of urea, a substance that turned into deadly ammonia in the water.
    — James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 24 July 2017
  • That’s because the urea present in urine degrades into ammonia.
    — Nala Rogers, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2019
  • To do this, the liver removes the nitrogen from the amino acids and disposes of it through the urine, in the form of a waste product called urea, Linsenmeyer explains.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 20 June 2019
  • In addition to the iron, zinc, and a mineral called lüneburgite, there are things like urea and a source of sulfur-hydrogen bonds.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The tank requires an occasional refill of the urea, though that’s as easy as topping off windshield wiper fluid.
    — Tom Voelk, New York Times, 15 June 2017
  • Via urine, our kidneys remove extra water, salt and urea, formed when our bodies break down protein.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2021
  • By swallowing their urea-carrying saliva, cows send it to their stomach and keep their microbes alive.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 11 Oct. 2012
  • In addition, Petrobras said, the ships arrived from Iran transporting urea, which is subject to sanctions by the United States.
    — Washington Post, 19 July 2019
  • Look for humectants that draw moisture to the top layer of your skin, like glycerin, hyaluronic acid, urea, lanolin, dimethicone, and petrolatum, says Dr. Levin.
    — Katie Becker, Cosmopolitan, 26 May 2017
  • After 1 month of observations, the team discovered that the higher the concentration of urea, the more sugar ants.
    — Jake Buehler, Science | AAAS, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The dhow also had more than 100 tons of urea fertilizer, which can be used as an explosive precursor.
    — Courtney Kube, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2022
  • During the 1970s, urea-formaldehyde foam insulation (UFFI) was the go-to for any homes, and since that’s the last time this home was renovated, that’s also a likely source of icky air.
    — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Ingredients like urea and lactic acid work to slough off dead skin cells, while the addition of ceramides and glycerin help nourish and protect.
    — Sam Peters, ELLE, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Meanwhile, China continues to block its exports of urea, fearing higher prices and shortages at home.
    — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 14 July 2022
  • The cars could not carry an adequate supply of a urea solution known as AdBlue used to neutralize harmful tailpipe fumes.
    — Jack Ewing, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2017

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