Meanings
nounphoturia (uncountable)
- obsoleterarespecificallyuncountablemedicineLuminous or phosphorescent urine.
Various animal matters possess an acid reaction; urine, sweat, some portions of dead bodies, whether of men or animals have been luminous, and the presence of this microscopic algæ is the long mistaken cause of photuria.
1855, John Watt, Charles Watt, editors, The Chemist, volume 2, page 695
Origin
Formed as phot- + -uria; equivalent to the Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) + οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).
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