Emily Dickinson Lexicon

U'RIC-AC-ID, or LITH'IC-AC-ID, n. [U'RIC AC-ID, or LITH'IC AC-ID. Gr. ουρον, urine.]

An acid contained in urine, and in gouty concretions. It is white, tasteless, and inodorous. It forms salts, which are called urates or lithates.