myoglobinurian.
/ˌmʌɪə(ʊ)ɡləʊbᵻˈnjʊərɪə/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪoʊˌɡloʊbəˈnʊriə/ Medicine.
The presence of myoglobin in the urine, seen after muscle damage caused by trauma, ischaemia, metabolic disorders, etc.; an instance or type of this.
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1935 Lancet 2 Feb. 269/2 The myoglobinurias were subdivided into the paralytic myoglobinuria of horses and the epizoötic myoglobinuria of cattle.
1956 Blakiston's New Gould Med. Dict. (ed. 2) 772/2 Myoglobinuria, the presence of free myoglobin in the urine, seen in Haff disease, trauma, [etc.].
1961 Lancet 19 Aug. 399/2 Myoglobinuria becomes evident on inspection three to six hours after the [sea-snake] bite.
1980 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 29 Mar. 938/3 Dr. R. R. Ghose and others propose that muscle damage and myoglobinuria led to the development of acute renal failure.
1991 Horse & Horseman July 8/1 Whether it's called azoturia, set fast, paralytic myoglobinuria, or exertional rhabdomyolysis, tying-up is the most common muscle problem found in horses.
Derivatives
myoglobiˈnuric adj.
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1952 Lancet 20 Dec. 1210/1 The anatomy and pathogenesis of hæmoglobinuric and myoglobinuric nephrosis.
1998 Jrnl. Clin. Investig. 101 1325 Muscle crush injury is often complicated by hemodynamic shock, electrolyte disorders, and myoglobinuric renal failure.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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