uremic

or u·rae·mic

[ yoo-ree-mik ]

adjective

, Pathology.

1. relating to uremia.
2. affected with uremia; having high levels of urea, normally excreted in the urine, circulating in the blood.

Word History and Origins

Origin of uremic¹

From New Latin; uremia, -ic

Example Sentences

The disease is a neurosis, but it might be mistaken for a toxic or uremic condition by a superficial observer.

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If both the ureters are similarly blocked, the animal will die of uremic poisoning.

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If the skull fracture happened in a uremic, the decompression would probably do no harm.

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The blood pressure may be useful in differentiating uremic coma from the coma of pyonephrosis.

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A man, 43 years old, entered the Milwaukee County Hospital in uremic coma.

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