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单词 uraemia
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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

  • uraemic

  • 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’.

 
 
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