Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Tending to increase the discharge of urine.
- noun A substance or drug that tends to increase the discharge of urine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In medicine, exciting the secretion of urine.
- noun A medicine that excites the secretion and discharge of urine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Tending to increase the secretion and discharge of urine.
- adjective (Med.) potassium acetate; -- so called because of its diuretic properties.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Increasing the amount or frequency of
urination . - noun A drug that increases the rate of
urine excretion .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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In the stepped-care lasix no prescription overnight to antihypertensive treatment, bumetanide, acid, or coffee may for a term diuretic in efectos with titration impairment.
Wii-volution 2010
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In the stepped-care lasix no prescription overnight to antihypertensive treatment, bumetanide, acid, or coffee may for a term diuretic in efectos with titration impairment.
Wii-volution 2010
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Instead, if a calcium channel blocker is first prescribed, a diuretic should be the add-on drug.
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In other words, that most patients are going to need at least two drugs to treat their hypertension, and that one of those drugs for most people should be what's called the diuretic, and diuretics are old-fashioned, cheap pills.
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Élém. de Bot., it is referred to as a diuretic and detersive aperient, employed as a purifier of the blood in scrofulous and cutaneous diseases.
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A diuretic is a chemical that kicks your urinary system into overdrive.
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Satan's Whiskers-the juniper berries in gin act as a diuretic, meaning you won't retain water (although you will be hitting the head a lot more).
Mensfitness.com 2009
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My own thinking is that the combination of Zocor and a diuretic which is part of my hypertension regime is basically turning me into a liquid, and eventually I’ll disappear down the pipes.
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Or maybe it’s the blood pressure medication and the diuretic which is causing the trouble.
idiot-milk Diary Entry idiot-milk 2006
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Black coffee contains caffeine, which is an appetite suppressant, it may stimulate thermogensis (body generating heat from food digestion) and it is a diuretic — but diet and exercise are better weight-loss tools.
Archive 2009-11-01 Zenmomma 2009
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