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Definition of diuretic in English: diureticadjective ˌdʌɪjʊ(ə)ˈrɛtɪkˌdaɪjəˈrɛdɪk Medicine (chiefly of drugs) causing increased passing of urine. Example sentencesExamples - I can only take so many diuretic pills for the condition, and I'm on the maximum dose right now.
- It may be necessary to increase the diuretic dosage, decrease the beta-blocker dosage or discontinue the beta blocker.
- You have to be brave, silly or very determined to go out shopping shortly after you've taken your daily dose of diuretic pills.
- It supports natural diuretic action, but does not force water from the body like diuretic pills.
- A diuretic drug such as thiazide, and a very low salt diet, can help to reduce the amount of urine being made by up to half.
noun ˌdʌɪjʊ(ə)ˈrɛtɪkˌdaɪjəˈrɛdɪk Medicine A diuretic drug. Example sentencesExamples - Patients with atrial fibrillation also had more drug days for diuretics and for electrolytes.
- Recommended drugs for heart failure include ACE inhibitors, beta blockers, and diuretics.
- There is also evidence that diuretics and bronchodilators may have a synergistic effect in improving lung mechanics.
- The mean blood pressure readings were the same for the diuretics and the newer drugs.
- ACE inhibitors may be a preferred second drug to add to diuretics if necessary to achieve blood pressure control.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French diuretique, or via late Latin from Greek diourētikos, from diourein 'urinate', from dia 'through' + ouron 'urine'. Rhymes aesthetic (US esthetic), alphabetic, anaesthetic (US anesthetic), antithetic, apathetic, apologetic, arithmetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cosmetic, cybernetic, diabetic, dietetic, electromagnetic, emetic, energetic, exegetic, frenetic, genetic, Helvetic, hermetic, homiletic, kinetic, magnetic, metic, mimetic, parenthetic, pathetic, peripatetic, phonetic, photosynthetic, poetic, prophetic, prothetic, psychokinetic, splenetic, sympathetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, telekinetic, theoretic, zetetic Definition of diuretic in US English: diureticadjectiveˌdaɪjəˈrɛdɪkˌdīyəˈredik Medicine (chiefly of drugs) causing increased passing of urine. Example sentencesExamples - A diuretic drug such as thiazide, and a very low salt diet, can help to reduce the amount of urine being made by up to half.
- You have to be brave, silly or very determined to go out shopping shortly after you've taken your daily dose of diuretic pills.
- It may be necessary to increase the diuretic dosage, decrease the beta-blocker dosage or discontinue the beta blocker.
- I can only take so many diuretic pills for the condition, and I'm on the maximum dose right now.
- It supports natural diuretic action, but does not force water from the body like diuretic pills.
nounˌdaɪjəˈrɛdɪkˌdīyəˈredik Medicine A diuretic drug. Example sentencesExamples - The mean blood pressure readings were the same for the diuretics and the newer drugs.
- Recommended drugs for heart failure include ACE inhibitors, beta blockers, and diuretics.
- Patients with atrial fibrillation also had more drug days for diuretics and for electrolytes.
- There is also evidence that diuretics and bronchodilators may have a synergistic effect in improving lung mechanics.
- ACE inhibitors may be a preferred second drug to add to diuretics if necessary to achieve blood pressure control.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French diuretique, or via late Latin from Greek diourētikos, from diourein ‘urinate’, from dia ‘through’ + ouron ‘urine’. |