uraemia
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- uraemic adjective
Etymology
Origin of uraemia
C19: from New Latin, from Greek ouron urine + haima blood
Vocabulary lists containing uraemia
Example Sentences
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Mr. Gompers, who has been ill for a week in New York with influenza and pneumonia, further complicated by uraemia, was reported by his physicians to be out of danger.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eclampsia is a very grave complication of pregnancy, and it was formerly supposed to be uraemia.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
Death often occurs from uraemia, meningitis, pleurisy, pericarditis or peritonitis.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
Impotentia atonica frequens est in anaemia, diabete mellito, uraemia, cholaemia, lepra, rheumatismo, ataxia lumbali, lue chordae spinalis, myelitide, parese, et haemorrhagia cerebrali.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
There are severe pains in the stomach, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, pain in the heart, difficult breathing, palpitation, irregular and feeble action of the heart with brain symptoms, probably from uraemia.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
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