diuretic

English

Alternative forms

• diuretick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French diuretique; ultimately from Ancient Greek διουρητικός (diourētikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɪjəˈɹɛtɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

diuretic (comparative more diuretic, superlative most diuretic)

1. Increasing the amount or frequency of urination.

Derived terms

• diuretically

Translations

increasing urination

• Catalan: diürètic
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 利尿 (lei⁶ niu⁶)

  Mandarin: 利尿 (zh) (lìniào)

  Min Nan: 利尿 (zh-min-nan) (lī-jiō, lī-liō)

• Finnish: diureettinen (fi)
• French: diurétique (fr)

  Middle French: diuretique

  Old French: diuretique

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• Galician: diurético m
• German: harntreibend
• Hungarian: vízhajtó
• Maori: whakamimi
• Polish: moczopędny (pl), diuretyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: diurético (pt)
• Russian: мочего́нный (ru) (močegónnyj)
• Spanish: diurético (es)

Noun

diuretic (plural diuretics)

1. A drug or a substance that increases the rate of urine excretion.

Coordinate terms

• laxative

Translations

drug

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 利尿劑／利尿剂 (lei⁶ niu⁶ zai¹), 利尿剂 (lei⁶ niu⁶ zai¹)

  Mandarin: 利尿劑／利尿剂 (zh) (lìniàojì), 利尿剂 (zh) (lìniàojì)

• Czech: diuretikum n
• Finnish: diureetti (fi)
• French: diurétique (fr) m

  Middle French: diuretique m

  Old French: diuretique m

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• German: Diuretikum (de) n
• Greek: διουρητικό (el) n (diouritikó)
• Hungarian: vízhajtó
• Maori: rongoā whakamimi
• Portuguese: diurético (pt) m