uraemia
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of uraemia
C19: from New Latin, from Greek ouron urine + haima blood
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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
TOM A. WILLIAMS, Washington, D. C.: Will Dr. Clark explain the eccentric convulsions such as when there is uraemia, on similar grounds?
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
That's due to uraemia, a sequel of Bright's disease.'
From Leonora by Arnold Bennett
The symptoms are less severe than those of acute uraemia, but similar, and of gradual onset, sometimes with symptoms of the acute attack.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter
Eclampsia is a very grave complication of pregnancy, and it was formerly supposed to be uraemia.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
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