How to use uraemia in a sentence
uraemia is a toxic condition, and three varieties of it are recognized—the acute, the chronic and the latent.
Some of these effects are seen in every form of severe kidney disease, and uraemia may occur in any advanced kidney disease.
Eclampsia is a very grave complication of pregnancy, and it was formerly supposed to be uraemia.
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British Dictionary definitions for uraemia
uraemia
US uremia
/ (jʊˈriːmɪə) /
noun
pathol the accumulation of waste products, normally excreted in the urine, in the blood: causes severe headaches, vomiting, etc: Also called: azotaemia
Origin of uraemia
1C19: from New Latin, from Greek ouron urine + haima blood
Derived forms of uraemia
- uraemic or US uremic, adjective
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