uremic

or u·rae·mic

[ yoo-ree-mik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Pathology.

relating to uremia.
affected with uremia; having high levels of urea, normally excreted in the urine, circulating in the blood.

Origin of uremic¹

From New Latin; uremia, -ic

The disease is a neurosis, but it might be mistaken for a toxic or uremic condition by a superficial observer.

If both the ureters are similarly blocked, the animal will die of uremic poisoning.

If the skull fracture happened in a uremic, the decompression would probably do no harm.

The blood pressure may be useful in differentiating uremic coma from the coma of pyonephrosis.

A man, 43 years old, entered the Milwaukee County Hospital in uremic coma.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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