Uric is an adjective, and it only means "to do with urine" — the liquid waste your body makes. You will almost never hear it on its own in daily speech.

Uric is an adjectiveuric 是形容詞，and it only means "to do with urine"意思只有「跟尿有關」——the liquid waste your body makes也就是身體排出的液狀廢物。You will almost never hear it on its own in daily speech在日常對話裡，你幾乎不會單獨聽到這個字。

It lives inside medical and chemical phrases, and by far the most common one is **uric acid**: a substance your body makes when it breaks down certain foods and its own old cells. If too much uric acid stays in your blood, sharp little crystals can form in a joint — often the big toe — and that is gout.

It lives inside medical and chemical phrases它主要出現在醫學和化學的詞組裡，and by far the most common one is uric acid而其中最常見的就是 uric acid（尿酸）：a substance your body makes when it breaks down certain foods and its own old cells也就是身體分解某些食物和自己老舊細胞時產生的物質。If too much uric acid stays in your blood如果血液裡的尿酸太多，sharp little crystals can form in a joint關節裡就可能形成尖銳的小結晶——often the big toe常常是大拇趾——and that is gout那就是痛風。

Doctors and blood-test reports also use the word this way: "high uric acid levels", "a uric acid test".

Doctors and blood-test reports also use the word this way醫生和血液檢查報告也會這樣用這個字："high uric acid levels", "a uric acid test"像是『high uric acid levels 尿酸值過高』、『a uric acid test 尿酸檢查』。

Because it is a technical word, it sounds formal and clinical, never rude, even though urine is a slightly embarrassing topic. If a student wants to talk about pee in ordinary life, uric is the wrong tool completely; it is a lab-and-clinic word.

Because it is a technical word因為這是個專業術語，it sounds formal and clinical聽起來正式、臨床，never rude從來不會顯得粗俗，even though urine is a slightly embarrassing topic儘管尿本身是個有點尷尬的話題。If a student wants to talk about pee in ordinary life如果學生只是想在日常生活裡聊「尿尿」，uric is the wrong tool completelyuric 完全是用錯工具；it is a lab-and-clinic word這是個實驗室和診所用的字。

Note also that uric describes a *substance or a level*, not a body part — for the body parts you want urinary (see below).

Note also that uric describes a substance or a level另外要注意，uric 形容的是「物質」或「數值」，not a body part不是身體部位——for the body parts you want urinary想講身體部位的話要用 urinary（見下）。