hematuria

[hee-muh-toor-ee-uh, -tyoor-, hem-uh-]

noun

Pathology.

1. the presence of blood in the urine.

Other Word Forms

• hematuric adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hematuria¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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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.

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Some mineral poisons—such as iodin, arsenic, and phosphorus taken to excess—may cause hematuria, and finally the symptoms may be merely the result of a constitutional predisposition of the individual or family to bleeding.

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

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