pyurian.
/pʌɪˈjʊərɪə/, U.S. /paɪˈjʊriə/ Medicine.
The presence of pus or white blood cells (neutrophils) in the urine; an instance of this.
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pyuria1772
albuminuria1838
azoturia1838
oxaluria1844
hippuria1847
mellituria1848
cystinuria1853
phosphuria1854
phosphoruria1858
chyluria1860
glycosuria1860
bacilluria1881
acetonuria1883
urobilinuria1887
alkaptonuria1888
bacteriuria1889
melanuria1890
peptonuria1890
xanthinuria1890
indicanuria1897
postural albuminuria1897
acholuria1900
pentosuria1902
proteinuria1911
ketonuria1913
porphyrinuria1916
hypercalcuria1930
porphobilinogenuria1949
natriuresis1957
maple syrup disease1959
saluresis1959
homocystinuria1962
1772 D. MacBride Methodical Introd. Theory & Pract. Physic v. i. 210 Pyuria, purulent matter voided with the urine.
1862 Lancet 10 May 488/2 Case of nephritis, followed by typhoid symptoms and pyuria.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 1141 The hydatid may suppurate and then burst into the pelvis and cause pyuria.
1934 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 25 460/1 It is to be deplored that only too many clinicians treat pyurias and bacteriurias, irrespective of cause, with internal medication alone.
1967 Jrnl. Pediatrics 70 284/1 Pyuria and bacteriuria are independent laboratory findings and may be present even without anatomic injury of the kidney.
2000 Daily Tel. 6 Sept. 23/1 Those drinking cranberry juice were 42 per cent less likely to develop pus cells in their urine (pyuria) than the others.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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