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hematuria

American  
[hee-muh-toor-ee-uh, -tyoor-, hem-uh-] / ˌhi məˈtʊər i ə, -ˈtyʊər-, ˌhɛm ə- /

noun

Pathology.
  1. the presence of blood in the urine.


Other Word Forms

  • hematuric adjective

Etymology

Origin of hematuria

First recorded in 1805–15; hemat- + -uria

Example Sentences

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Online she encountered women who had undergone kidney autotransplant surgery to treat the pain caused by nutcracker or loin pain hematuria.

From Washington Post

Sometimes no cause can be found and the condition is labeled idiopathic hematuria.

From Washington Post

In the latter case it usually coexists with petechi� or a hemorrhage from some other part of the body, as, for instance, epistaxis or hematuria.

From Project Gutenberg

It is simply bloody urine or hematuria when the blood is found in clots, or when under the microscope the blood globules can be detected as distinctly rounded, flattened disks.

From Project Gutenberg

The chapter on hematuria presents a very curious specimen of medieval pathology.

From Project Gutenberg