lithemia

American

[li-thee-mee-uh] / lɪˈθi mi ə /

Or lithaemia

noun

Medicine/Medical.

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

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Origin of lithemia

< New Latin lithaemia. See lith-, -emia

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lithemia

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 James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

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