oliguricadj.n.
/ˌɒlᵻˈɡjʊərɪk/, U.S. /ˌɑləˈɡʊrɪk/ Medicine.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or involving oliguria.
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anuric1855
oliguric1907
1907 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 134 77 The oliguric urine..is of higher specific gravity and contains less indican.
1961 Lancet 16 Sept. 632/1 In mushroom poisoning hæmodialysis is obviously essential where..severe oliguric renal failure occurs.
1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) I. iv. 127/1 The microcrystals confer a consistency of mud on the urine, and obstructive oliguric nephropathy results.
2001 Postgraduate Med. Jrnl. 77 329 A case of severe diquat poisoning complicated by the development of aggressive behaviour, oliguric renal failure, and intracerebral bleeding is described.
B. n.
A person affected with oliguria. rare.
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oliguric1918
1918 Endocrinology 2 95 In man it is common to observe diuresis, especially in oligurics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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