uremia
or u·rae·mi·a
a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.
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How to use uremia in a sentence
uremia is the most dreaded symptom and develops as a result of the retained toxins in the blood.
Dietetics for Nurses | Fairfax T. ProudfitThis may go on to a fatal attack of uremia; but fortunately, not commonly, far less so than in scarlet fever.
Preventable Diseases | Woods HutchinsonIn fact, there are some who advise decompression for uremia.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: | Louis Marshall WarfieldThe natural end of patients in this group is either uremia or cardiac decompensation (so-called cardiorenal disease).
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: | Louis Marshall Warfield
British Dictionary definitions for uremia
/ (jʊˈriːmɪə) /
the usual US spelling of uraemia
Derived forms of uremia
- uremic, adjective
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