diuresis
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From New Latin diūrēsis, from Ancient Greek διουρέω (diouréō, “to urinate”) + -σις (-sis).
Morphologically, δῐουρέω (dĭouréō) can be analysed as δι- (di-) + οὐρέω (ouréō).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌdaɪjʊˈɹiːsɪs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːsɪs
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]- antidiuresis
- diurese (back-formation)
- overdiuresis
- underdiuresis
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]excessive production of urine — see also polyuria
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[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from New Latin diūrēsis, from Ancient Greek διουρέω (diouréō, “to urinate”) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /diuˈresis/ [di.uˈre.sɪs]
- Rhymes: -esis
- Syllabification: di‧u‧re‧sis
Noun
[edit]diuresis (uncountable)
Further reading
[edit]- “diuresis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]diuresis f (plural diuresis)
Further reading
[edit]- “diuresis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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