uremia

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noun

Blood poisoning resulting from the retention of waste products usually excreted as urine.

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azotemiahyperazotemiahyperuremiauraemiaazotaemia
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Meanings

nounuremia (countable and uncountable, plural uremias)

plural uremias · alternative uraemia · alternative uræmia

  1. countableuncountablemedicineBlood poisoning resulting from the retention of waste products usually excreted as urine.

    Synonyms: azotemia, hyperazotemia, hyperuremia

Synonyms & antonyms

nounBlood poisoning resulting from the retention of waste products usually excreted as urine.

Similar
azotemiahyperazotemiahyperuremia

More synonyms by meaning

nounaccumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine

Similar
uraemiaazotemiaazotaemia
Broader
pathology
Also see
azotemiahyperuremia

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekοὖρον“urine”
  2. Englishuremia

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

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Translations

Catalan urèmia
  • urèmiablood poisoning due to retention of waste products
Chinese Mandarin 尿毒症
  • 尿毒症 (niàodúzhèng)blood poisoning due to retention of waste products
Danish uræmi
  • uræmiblood poisoning due to retention of waste products
Finnish virtsamyrkytys
  • virtsamyrkytysblood poisoning due to retention of waste products
French urémie
  • urémieblood poisoning due to retention of waste products
Greek ουραιμία
  • ουραιμία (ouraimía)blood poisoning due to retention of waste products
Irish úiréime
  • úiréimeblood poisoning due to retention of waste products
Italian uremia
  • uremiablood poisoning due to retention of waste products
Japanese 尿毒症
  • 尿毒症 (nyōdokushō)blood poisoning due to retention of waste products
Polish mocznica
  • mocznicablood poisoning due to retention of waste products
Russian уреми́я
  • уреми́я (uremíja)blood poisoning due to retention of waste products
Spanish uremia
  • uremiablood poisoning due to retention of waste products
Swedish uremi, urinförgiftning
  • uremiblood poisoning due to retention of waste products
  • urinförgiftningblood poisoning due to retention of waste products
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APA

uremia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uremia

MLA

“uremia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uremia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uremia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uremia.

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