azotemia

[az-uh-tee-mee-uh, ey-zuh-]

noun

Pathology.

1. the accumulation of abnormally large amounts of nitrogenous waste products in the blood, as in uremic poisoning.

Other Word Forms

• azotemic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of azotemia¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; azote + -emia