Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Excretion of excessive amounts of sodium in the urine.

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  • noun pathology The presence of (excessive) sodium salts in the urine

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  • noun the presence of abnormally large amounts of sodium in the urine

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin natriūrēsis : natrium, sodium (from French natron, natron; see natron) + ūrēsis, urination (from Greek ourēsis, from ourein, to urinate; see uretic).]

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Examples

  • [7], [8], [19] Administration of sodium should be started after the onset of postnatal diuresis and natriuresis from the second or third day after birth, or when weight loss of at least 6% of birth weight has been achieved.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Liset E. Elstgeest et al. 2010

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