UREIN
\jˈʊ͡əɹiːn], \jˈʊəɹiːn], \j_ˈʊə_ɹ_iː_n]\
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A name given by W. O. Moor to a yellow, slightly bitter, fatty liquid obtained by evaporating urine, treating the residue with silver nitrate, cooling, and filtering; supposed by him to be the "most characteristic component part of urine." It is probably a concentrated solution of normal urinary constituents and of the reagent used in its supposed isolation.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe