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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.


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Etymology

Origin of hematuria

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

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“The question is, can a transplant improve their quality of life? Does the risk-benefit ratio justify it?” he asked, adding that uncertainties about loin pain hematuria syndrome abound because of the paucity of research.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2020

Loin pain hematuria syndrome, Sollinger said in an email, is believed to originate in the ureter where repeated spasms cause pain he likened to “continually passing a kidney stone.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2020

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

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2020

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 Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

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 A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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