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diuresis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌdaɪjʊˈɹiːsɪs/

Etymology

From New Latin diūrēsis, from Ancient Greek διουρέω (diouréō, “to urinate”) + -σις (-sis). Morphologically, δῐουρέω (dĭouréō) can be analysed as δι- (di-) + οὐρέω (ouréō).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Excessive production of urine; polyuria.
  2. (countable, uncountable) (more often) The physiologic process that produces such an increase.
  3. (countable, uncountable) (most often) The administration of medications to encourage that process.

Forms

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Deriveds

diurese · antidiuresis · overdiuresis · underdiuresis

Relateds

diuretic

Translations (23)

yue 利尿 (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · id diuresis (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · cs diuréza (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · ru диуре́з (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · ca diüresi (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · el διούρηση (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · gl diurese (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · fi runsas virtsaneritys (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · it diuresi (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · nan-hbl 利尿 (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · kk диурез (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · pt diurese (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · fr diurèse (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · de Diurese (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · da diurese (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · cmn 多尿症 (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · es diuresis (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · hu diurézis (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · my ကျင်ပြောနာ (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · cmn 利尿 (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · uk діурез (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · eu diuresi (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria) · pl diureza (excessive production of urine — see also polyuria)