a. [f. prec. + -IC 1 b.] Of or pertaining to, containing or consisting of, a urate or urates. Uratic diathesis: (see quot. 1885).
1876. Bristowe, Th. & Pract. Med., 618. Scanty urine with abundant uratic deposit. Ibid., 885. These results being due … to uratic infiltration.
1885. Encycl. Brit., XVIII. 388/2. The peculiar liability from uric acid is sometimes called the uric-acid or uratic diathesis or constitution.
1897. Brit. Med. Jrnl., 27 March, 769. Uratic crystals forming only in necrosed and never in healthy tissues.
