uraemia

American

[yoo-ree-mee-uh] / yʊˈri mi ə /

noun

Pathology.

uremia.

uraemia British

/ jʊˈriːmɪə /

noun

Also called: azotaemia. pathol the accumulation of waste products, normally excreted in the urine, in the blood: causes severe headaches, vomiting, etc

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Other Word Forms

uraemic adjective

Etymology

Origin of uraemia

C19: from New Latin, from Greek ouron urine + haima blood

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Both her sons were suffering from uraemia - a condition that leads to kidney failure.

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Eclampsia is a very grave complication of pregnancy, and it was formerly supposed to be uraemia.

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The symptoms are less severe than those of acute uraemia, but similar, and of gradual onset, sometimes with symptoms of the acute attack.

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TOM A. WILLIAMS, Washington, D. C.: Will Dr. Clark explain the eccentric convulsions such as when there is uraemia, on similar grounds?

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In these cases there may be gradual recovery, attack of uraemia, or they may end in chronic nephritis.

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