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-uria

  1. a combining form with the meanings “presence in the urine” of that specified by the initial element ( albuminuria; pyuria ), “condition of the urinary tract,” “tendency to urinate,” as specified ( polyuria ).


-uria

combining form

  1. indicating a diseased or abnormal condition of the urine

    dysuria

    pyuria

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • -uric, combining_form:in_adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -uria1

< Greek -ouria. See uro- 1, -ia
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -uria1

from Greek -ouria, from ouron urine
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Example Sentences

Uria above, and Oraia here, however differently expressed, signify literally the land of Ur.

Uria was also a river in Bœotia: and here was a Cycnus, said to have been the son of Poseidon.

Uria, ū′ri-a, n. a genus of Alcid—the guillemots and murres.

I also noticed a few of foolish guillimot (uria troile), the first we had met with.

The dovekie, or black guillemot (Uria grylle), breeds in great numbers in the Orkney islands.

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