adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/jʊəˈɹiːmɪk/
rhymes with -iːmɪk
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or causing uremia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: urinemic
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective
Meaning 2
of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: azotemic, uraemic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English uremia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English uremic From uremia + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
urèmic
— of, relating to, or causing uremia
French:
urémique
— of, relating to, or causing uremia
Greek:
ουραιμικός
(ouraimikós)
— of, relating to, or causing uremia
Italian:
uremico
— of, relating to, or causing uremia
Portuguese:
urémico
— of, relating to, or causing uremia
Portuguese:
urêmico
— of, relating to, or causing uremia
Romanian:
uremic
— of, relating to, or causing uremia
Spanish:
urémico
— of, relating to, or causing uremia