diuresis
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌdaɪjʊˈɹiːsɪs/
Noun
diuresis (countable and uncountable, plural diureses)
- (biology, medicine) Excessive production of urine; polyuria.
- (biology, medicine) (more often) The physiologic process that produces such an increase.
- (biology, medicine) (most often) The administration of medications to encourage that process.
Derived terms
Translations
excessive production of urine — See also translations at polyuria
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Spanish
Further reading
- “diuresis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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