Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Excessive discharge of urine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, an excessive secretion of urine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Free excretion of urine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun excessive
urination
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun increased secretion of urine; if not due to increased liquid intake or to the action of a diuretic drug it can be a symptom of diabetes mellitus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Nguyen MT, Pavlock CT, Zderic SA, Carr MC, Canning DA: Overnight catheter drainage in children with poorly compliant bladders improves post-obstructive diuresis and urinary incontinence.
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I once had a patient—ironically, a psychiatrist—who was absolutely sure he had diabetes insipidus, when in fact it was his huge fluid intake that was producing his voluminous diuresis.
After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010
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For the pt who requires more diuresis, it is easier to drop the hctz & add furosemide again dirt cheap & keep the ACE rather than switching off a combination.
The Dirty Little Secret About Patients as Partners in Health Care 1 Dinosaur 2009
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There were side effects even for the most amenable child: restlessness and insomnia, complete loss of appetite, diuresis, a tendency to “facilitate the flow of thought, generally at the expense of concentration,” and “a rather fictitious sense of fitness, self-confidence, and well-being.”
Raymond Carver Carol Sklenicka 2009
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The initial rapid weight loss is due to the phenomenon of diuresis.
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However after a few days, the process of diuresis commences on its own again and there is further reduction in the weight.
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I am a registered nurse and I have some working knowledge that the atrium produces a peptide that causes diuresis.
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Heavy ketosis can bring about a little diuresis, which can lead to a little dehydration, making the urine more concentrated and therefor more yellow.
Metabolism and ketosis | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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Often when people drop their carbs – as they do if they switch to Splenda – they have a diuresis and get rid of a lot of potassium in their urine.
Make your own cola…if you dare | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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· China "root" (Poria cocos); a fungus growing on pine tree roots, promotes diuresis; and
2. China 1997
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