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Definition of uraemia in English: uraemia(US uremia) noun jʊˈriːmɪəjʊˈrimiə mass nounMedicine A raised level in the blood of urea and other nitrogenous waste compounds that are normally eliminated by the kidneys. Example sentencesExamples - Chronic renal failure is a progressive deterioration of renal function that ends in uremia (ie, an excess of urea and other nitrogenous wastes in the blood).
- Additional cardiac risk factors specific to chronic kidney disease include volume overload, hyperparathyroidism, and uremia.
- Ultimately, patients may develop uremia and kidney failure.
- Did he have diabetes, ascites, uraemia, anasarca, or heart failure?
- If the kidneys fail, one of the first signs is the accumulation of urea and other nitrogenous waste in the blood - uraemia.
Derivatives adjective Medicine Food poisoning can lead to Guillain-Barre Syndrome, reactive arthritis, or hemolytic uremic syndrome - diseases that can leave their victims with chronic pain, paralysis, and kidney damage. Example sentencesExamples - These organisms have also been found to be involved in wound infections, haemolytic uremic syndrome, meningitis, peritonitis, respiratory tract infections and ocular infections.
- This unusual complication is hemolytic uremic (kidney failure) syndrome.
- In children, especially, this E. coli variant can cause diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis, and hemolytic uremic syndrome.
- The cost of providing dialysis for uremic diabetic patients in the U.S. exceeded $2 billion in 1990.
Origin Mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek ouron 'urine' + haima 'blood'. Rhymes academia, anaemia (US anemia), Bohemia, Euphemia, hypoglycaemia, leukaemia (US leukemia), septicaemia (US septicemia) Definition of uremia in US English: uremia(British uraemia) nounyo͝oˈrēmēəjʊˈrimiə Medicine A raised level in the blood of urea and other nitrogenous waste compounds that are normally eliminated by the kidneys. Example sentencesExamples - If the kidneys fail, one of the first signs is the accumulation of urea and other nitrogenous waste in the blood - uraemia.
- Ultimately, patients may develop uremia and kidney failure.
- Chronic renal failure is a progressive deterioration of renal function that ends in uremia (ie, an excess of urea and other nitrogenous wastes in the blood).
- Additional cardiac risk factors specific to chronic kidney disease include volume overload, hyperparathyroidism, and uremia.
- Did he have diabetes, ascites, uraemia, anasarca, or heart failure?
Origin Mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek ouron ‘urine’ + haima ‘blood’. |