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 theurine
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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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[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.
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