photuria

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English

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Etymology

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Formed as phot- +‎ -uria; equivalent to the Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, light) + οὖρον (oûron, urine).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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photuria (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare, medicine, specifically pathology) Luminous or phosphorescent urine.
    • 1855, John Watt, Charles Watt, editors, The Chemist, volume 2, page 695:
      Various animal matters possess an acid reaction; urine, sweat, some portions of dead bodies, whether of men or animals have been luminous, and the presence of this microscopic algæ is the long mistaken cause of photuria.

References

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  • ‖photuria” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
      Path.  (fəʊˈtjʊərɪə) [mod.L., f. Gr. φῶς, φωτ- light + οὖρον urine.]
  • †photuria, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Dec. 2008]
      Med. Obs. rare º.  [< photo- comb. form + -uria comb. form.]