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-uria
- 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
- indicating a diseased or abnormal condition of the urine
dysuria
pyuria
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Derived Forms
- -uric, combining_form:in_adjective
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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.
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Uria was also a river in Bœotia: and here was a Cycnus, said to have been the son of Poseidon.
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Uria, ū′ri-a, n. a genus of Alcid—the guillemots and murres.
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I also noticed a few of foolish guillimot (uria troile), the first we had met with.
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The dovekie, or black guillemot (Uria grylle), breeds in great numbers in the Orkney islands.
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