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noun
The presence of sugars (especially glucose) in the urine, often as a result of diabetes mellitus
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
the presence of abnormally high levels of sugar in the urine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: symptom
Narrower terms: fructosuria, glucosuria
History
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s) Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English glycose Proto-Indo-European *h1wers-der. Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō) Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron) Ancient Greek -ουρία (-ouría)bor. New Latin -ūriabor. English -uria English glycosuria From glycose + -uria.
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