uromancia

Portuguese

Etymology

From uro- +‎ -mancia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.ɾo.mɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.ɾo.mɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.ɾo.mɐ̃ˈsi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.ɾu.mɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: u‧ro‧man‧ci‧a

Noun

uromancia f (plural uromancias)

1. (archaic) uromancy (diagnosis obtained by analyzing the patient's urine)

Further reading

• “uromancia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• (uncommon) uromancía

Etymology

From New Latin uromantia, from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”). Equivalent to uro- +‎ -mancia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uɾoˈmanθja/ [u.ɾoˈmãn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /uɾoˈmansja/ [u.ɾoˈmãn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -anθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ansja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: u‧ro‧man‧cia

Noun

uromancia f (uncountable)

1. (uncommon) uromancy

Further reading

• “uromancia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025