Etymology

uremia

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Today it means: Blood poisoning resulting from the retention of waste products usually excreted as urine. Full definition →

Ancient Greek οὖρον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromοὖρον“urine”
  2. English todayuremia

From Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekοὖρον all →

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