This excess urea is then taken out of the body through the kidneys as a component of urine. Some bacteria have the ability to produce an enzyme urease as part of its metabolism to break down urea to ammonia and carbon dioxide.
An acute angle (acute meaning sharp) is an angle smaller than a right angle (it is less than 90 degrees). Related pages[change | change source] This short article about mathematics can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.
Medical Definition of Acute. Acute: Of abrupt onset, in reference to a disease. Acute often also connotes an illness that is of short duration, rapidly progressive, and in need of urgent care. Acute is a measure of the time scale of a disease and is in contrast to subacute and chronic..