How to Use uric acid in a Sentence

uric acid

noun

• The uric acid cured the oil into what looked like linoleum.
  — Craig Taylor, Curbed, 23 Mar. 2021
• Gout flares up because of high uric acid levels in your body.
  — Anne Harding, Health, 25 Aug. 2023
• Around Christmas, my doctor ran a blood test that showed my uric acid was high.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 26 Apr. 2021
• Peas are a source of purines, which can increase the amount of uric acid in your blood and potentially lead to a gout flare-up.
  — Emily Abbate, GQ, 5 Mar. 2018
• Tart cherry juice has been shown to reduce the risk of gout, a type of arthritis caused by uric acid crystals in the joint, by about 35%.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 31 Jan. 2023
• Gaffo started the patient on a medicine that allowed the kidneys to do a better job of ridding the body of uric acid.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 31 Aug. 2017
• The lithium appeared to have a protective effect against the uric acid.
  — Paul Raeburn, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2010
• My uric acid levels along with all other vitals were in the normal range.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 6 May 2022
• Gout is caused by deposits of uric acid crystals in various tissues of the body.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 16 Dec. 2021
• Gout is a form of inflammatory arthritis caused by buildup of uric acid, which can erode bones.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 23 Sep. 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 female’s is a spiral blob, ⅜-inch in diameter, more or less similar to a snail shell, and white on one end, the result of uric acid.
  — Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2020
• David Lee’s unnamed character has just arrived from a place whose main exports are sarcasm and uric acid.
  — Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 May 2018
• One high in animal protein such as beef, chicken, fish and pork may increase acid levels in the urine because meat breaks down into uric acid, which can help form stones.
  — Marcos Del Rosario-Santiago, baltimoresun.com, 11 July 2019
• These typically form when there is an abundance of calcium, oxalate or uric acid in the kidney.
  — Claire Bugos, Discover Magazine, 16 June 2021
• Earlier this year, a study found that when people pee in pools, uric acid binds with chlorine and produces harmful chemicals—even if pros like Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps do it all the time.
  — Eric Brown, Outside Online, 19 May 2014
• The birds also had lower dissolved calcium in their bloodstream and more uric acid, which could be signs of kidney disfunction.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 5 Aug. 2019
• Gout is a painful form of arthritis defined by inflammation and the accumulation of uric acid crystals in joints.
  — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 22 Mar. 2023
• Mosquitoes also sniff for traces of lactic acid, uric acid and ammonia, all components of sweat.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
• When the body is severely dehydrated, calcium and uric acid in urine form crystals, scarring the kidneys.
  — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2023
• In about half of those who had taken it, the drug melted away the crystalline uric acid deposits that encrusted their joints to cause years of pain, immobility, or disfigurement.
  — Arthur Allen, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2023
• The non-toxic extract of uric acid is known for its healing, soothing, and anti-irritating properties.
  — Braelyn Wood, Health.com, 13 Dec. 2019
• Its modern name comes from the Latin gutta, a drop of fluid, a term first recorded in the 13th century by an English monk, suggesting that the body’s phlegm had overflowed and flooded the joint — not so far-off from the actual surfeit of uric acid.
  — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2020
• Birds that ingested more plastic had lower blood calcium levels, along with higher levels of cholesterol and uric acid.
  — Matthew Savoca, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2023
• People who have the bad luck to produce excess amounts of lactic acid, uric acid and ammonia, for example, are walking delicacies.
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2019
• In this study, for example, researchers compared the uric acid levels of people before and after losing weight, finding that people dropped uric acid by 3 points after losing 16lbs.
  — James Robinson, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2022
• New research shows that centenarians—or people who live to 100 or beyond—may have lower (but not too low) levels of glucose, uric acid, and creatinine in their blood.
  — Brian Mastroianni, Health, 31 Oct. 2023
• One chemical, conazolium A, looks like a pheromone that makes female worms swim in tight, tail-chasing circles before spewing their eggs; another is reminiscent of uric acid, which prompts males to eject gobs of sperm.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2021
• Cade had noticed that some substance in the urine of patients with mania was particularly toxic and was investigating uric acid as the potential culprit.
  — Paul Raeburn, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2010
• About 20 percent of gout sufferers, without therapy, will develop kidney stones made from uric acid, not calcium oxalate.
  — Philly.com, 8 Oct. 2017

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024