lithemia

Or li·thae·mi·a

[li-thee-mee-uh]

noun

Medicine/Medical.

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

Other Word Forms

• lithemic adjective
• lithaemic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of lithemia¹

< New Latin lithaemia. See lith-, -emia

Example Sentences

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 Project Gutenberg

Lithemia, Lith�mia, li-thē′mi-a, n. an excess of uric acid in the blood.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg