Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A toxic condition resulting from kidney disease in which there is retention in the bloodstream of waste products normally excreted in the urine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A condition resulting from the retention in the blood of waste products, chiefly urea, that should normally be eliminated by the kidneys.
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- noun pathology
Blood poisoning resulting from the retention of waste products usually excreted asurine .
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- noun accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine
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Examples
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When Dr. Porter arrived, he immediately changed the diagnosis and treated Jack for what he had expected would be the terminal situation of ravaging uremia for which he had been treating Jack for the last three years.
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His condition was caused by the ravages of uremia.
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(If a patient developed uremia or other symptoms, dialysis began regardless of the filtration rate.)
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In the U.S., almost no one dies of uremia anymore.
After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010
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The intern reported that when he asked the man if he wanted to choose dialysis or accept death from uremia, the man decided to be dialyzed—but, the intern explained to me, the man might not be competent to make that decision.
After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010
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Between 1996 and 2005, the number of patients starting dialysis before developing uremia
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Underneath the aftershave, I catch a whiff of uremia.
After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010
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Both tell tragic stories of women who developed hemolytic uremia syndrome in response to eating a food contaminated with E. coli O157: H7.
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Both tell tragic stories of women who developed hemolytic uremia syndrome in response to eating a food contaminated with E. coli O157: H7.
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Shortly afterwards, on March 26, 1923, Bernhardt died of uremia.
Sarah Bernhardt. 2009
chained_bear commented on the word uremia
Sp. uraemia in U.K.
September 11, 2008