lithemia

American  

[li-thee-mee-uh] / lɪˈθi mi ə /

Or lithaemia

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. the presence of an excessive amount of uric acid in the blood.

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Other Word Forms

• lithaemic
  adjective
• lithemic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of lithemia

< New Latin lithaemia. See lith-, -emia

Example Sentences

After uric acid there came for a time the theory of an excess of lithic acid, the so-called lithemia or American disease of a few years ago.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Uric�′mia, lithemia; Uridrō′sis, the excretion of urea in the sweat; Urin�′mia, the contamination of the blood with urinary deposits; U′rinal, a vessel for urine: a convenience for discharging urine.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various