Meanings
present singular third person diureses · participle present diuresing · participle past diuresed · past diuresed
- ambitransitiveTo cause or undergo diuresis.
Hospitalized patients are often diuresed enough to eliminate pulmonary edema but they are then sent home despite obvious total body fluid overload.
2007, Jeffrey D. Hosenpud, Congestive Heart Failure, page 442
Origin
Back-formation from diuresis.
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diurese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diurese
“diurese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diurese. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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