Definition of anuria in US English:
anuria
nounəˈn(j)ʊriəəˈn(y)o͝orēə
Medicine Failure of the kidneys to produce urine.
Example sentencesExamples
- The peripheral vasoconstriction also causes impairment of renal function, manifested either as oliguria or anuria.
- Other emergency conditions are anuria and acute renal failure secondary to bilateral obstruction, or unilateral obstruction in a patient with a solitary functioning kidney.
- One patient with an acute abdomen had anuria; in another, the anuria was associated with a paraplegic state.
- Patients with severe oliguria or anuria (output of less than 100 mL of urine per day) are likely to have postrenal acute renal failure.
- Chronic renal failure with oliguria or anuria complicates fluid management during critical illnesses, particularly when cardiac disease coexists.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from an- + -uria.