uricosuricadj.
/ˌjʊərɪkəʊˈsʊərɪk/ Medicine.
Causing or characterized by an increased excretion of uric acid or urate in the urine.
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1948 Amer. Jrnl. Med. 4 774/1 This effect is similar to that produced by other drugs..all of which produce a simultaneous increase in minute excretion of urate and a decrease in plasma urate concentration. This pattern of pharmacologic actions has been termed the ‘uricosuric effect’.
1961 Lancet 19 Aug. 430/2 All phosphate levels were estimated before starting, or at least one month after finishing, uricosuric therapy.
1974 M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. xiv. 269 High doses of aspirin, about 5 g, have a uricosuric action.
1980 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 May 1212 An orally active diuretic with uricosuric properties.
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