Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Excessive passage of urine, as in diabetes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The passing of an excessive quantity of urine, especially of normal urine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A persistently excessive flow of watery urine, with low specific gravity and without the presence of either protein or sugar. It is generally accompanied with more or less thirst.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine The production of an abnormally large amount of
urine ; one symptom ofdiabetes
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun renal disorder characterized by the production of large volumes of pale dilute urine; often associated with diabetes
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Examples
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“This is a thirty-seven-year-old Hispanic female, G8P6AB2 with a history of gestational diabetes presenting with polyuria and a positive pregnancy test, LMP approximately four months ago.”
Healer Carol Wiley Cassella 2010
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* Polyuria :- The powder of the seeds is valuable in polyuria or production of excess urine.
Archive 2009-06-01 photographerno1 2009
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Abnormalities may include: decrease in number or volume, coloring of urate portion changing to yellow or green, increase in water content of fecal portion (diarrhea), increase in urine portion (polyuria), decrease in the feces volume with increased urates (polyurates), and the presence of blood.
The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003
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Abnormalities may include: decrease in number or volume, coloring of urate portion changing to yellow or green, increase in water content of fecal portion (diarrhea), increase in urine portion (polyuria), decrease in the feces volume with increased urates (polyurates), and the presence of blood.
The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003
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In Type 1 diabetes, the classic symptoms are excessive secretion of urine (polyuria), thirst (polydipsia), weight loss and a feeling of lassitude.
Chapter 2 1999
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During the initial week or so of treatment, patients may experience a fine tremor, mild fatigue or drowsiness, nausea, abdominal fullness, and increased thirst and polyuria 60% of patients.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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During the first week or so of lithium treatment, there is a sodium diuresis, with polyuria, as lithium replaces a portion of intracellular sodium.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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The lowered fluid intake diminishes the polyuria and from a twenty-four hour excretion of three to five litres the output falls to normal.
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About the middle of March, 1917, he suddenly developed polyuria, polyphagia, and polydipsia, and lost fourteen pounds in weight in a fortnight.
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In the autumn of 1918, the patient had polydipsia and polyuria, and complained of weakness.
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