urine chloride excretion rate urine chloride excretion rate to body weight ratio 2014-01-31T13:50:53Z A calculated measurement in which urine chloride ion excretion rate is divided by the total weight of the body, i.e., the heaviness or the degree to which the body of the organism is drawn toward the earth by gravity, and presented as a ratio, fraction, quotient or percentage. Urine chloride excretion rate is the amount of chloride, the chemical element with atomic number 17, that have gained one electron forming an anion with a charge of -1, discharged in the urine per unit time. CMO:0002158 JSmith VT:0010604 clinical_measurement_ontology calculated urine electrolyte excretion rate