uric-acid

uric acid

noun

{bc}a white odorless and tasteless nearly insoluble acid C{inf}5{/inf}H{inf}4{/inf}N{inf}4{/inf}O{inf}3{/inf} that is the chief nitrogenous waste present in the urine especially of birds, reptiles, and insects, is present in small quantity in human urine, and occurs pathologically in renal calculi and the tophi of gout