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lithemia

or li·thae·mi·a

[ li-thee-mee-uh ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.
  1. the presence of an excessive amount of uric acid in the blood.


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Other Words From

  • li·themic li·thaemic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lithemia1

< New Latin lithaemia. See lith-, -emia
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Example Sentences

Uric�′mia, lithemia; Uridrō′sis, the excretion of urea in the sweat; Urin�′mia, the contamination of the blood with urinary deposits; U′rinal, a vessel for urine: a convenience for discharging urine.—adjs.

Lithemia, Lith�mia, li-thē′mi-a, n. an excess of uric acid in the blood.—adj.

After uric acid there came for a time the theory of an excess of lithic acid, the so-called lithemia or American disease of a few years ago.

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