uremia

or u·rae·mi·a

[ yoo-ree-mee-uh ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. a condition resulting from the retention in the blood of constituents normally excreted in the urine.

uremia

/ jʊˈriːmɪə /

noun

1. the usual US spelling of uraemia

Derived Forms

• uˈremic, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of uremia¹

From New Latin, dating back to 1855–60; ur- ¹, -emia

Example Sentences

Luker Dong, a resident in Pudong, said that his 73-year-old father suffered from uremia — a buildup of toxins in the blood — that required him to get hemodialysis at a hospital three times a week.

From New York Times

He died of uremia in 1927, at the age of 40.

From New York Times

Dad was bombarded with a barrage of abstruse medical terms such as “uremia,” “hemodialysis,” “shunt” and “fistula” and asked for my help in understanding them.

From Washington Post

The official cause of Henrietta’s death was terminal uremia: blood poisoning from the buildup of toxins normally flushed out of the body in urine.

From Literature

But a new analysis by Danish and Czech scientists indicates that this legend is just too good to be true, and that Brahe likely did indeed fall victim to uremia and a burst bladder.

From Scientific American