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uremia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: uraemia, azotemia, azotaemia

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pathology

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: urèmia — blood poisoning due to retention of waste products
  • Chinese Mandarin: 尿毒症 (niàodúzhèng) — blood poisoning due to retention of waste products
  • Danish: uræmi — blood poisoning due to retention of waste products
  • Finnish: virtsamyrkytys — blood poisoning due to retention of waste products
  • French: urémie — blood poisoning due to retention of waste products
  • Greek: ουραιμία (ouraimía) — blood poisoning due to retention of waste products
  • Irish: úiréime — blood poisoning due to retention of waste products
  • Italian: uremia — blood poisoning due to retention of waste products
  • Japanese: 尿毒症 (nyōdokushō) — blood poisoning due to retention of waste products
  • Kazakh: зәрліқан (zärlıqan) — blood poisoning due to retention of waste products
  • Polish: mocznica — blood poisoning due to retention of waste products
  • Russian: уреми́я (uremíja) — blood poisoning due to retention of waste products
  • Spanish: uremia — blood poisoning due to retention of waste products
  • Swedish: uremi — blood poisoning due to retention of waste products
  • Swedish: urinförgiftning — blood poisoning due to retention of waste products