Definition of Albuminuria

1. Noun. The presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also globulin) in the urine; usually a symptom of kidney disorder.

Exact synonyms: Proteinuria
Generic synonyms: Symptom
Derivative terms: Albuminuric

Definition of Albuminuria

1. n. A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.

Definition of Albuminuria

1. Noun. (medicine) The presence of albumin in the urine, often a symptom of renal disease ¹

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Definition of Albuminuria

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Medical Definition of Albuminuria

1. The presence of protein in the urine, principally albumin, generally indicating disease. Origin: Gr. Ouron = urine (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Albuminuria

albuminogenous
albuminoid
albuminoidal
albuminolysis
albuminoptysis
albuminorrhoea
albuminose
albuminoses
albuminous
albuminous cell
albuminous degeneration
albuminous gland
albuminous swelling
albuminousness
albumins
albuminuria (current term)
albuminuria of athletes
albuminurias
albuminuric
albuminuric retinitis
albumose
albumoses
albumosuria
albums
alburn
alburnous
alburnum
alburnums
albuterol
albuterols

Literary usage of Albuminuria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"Prompter and more satisfactory results had been obtained by this treatment than by any other. albuminuria in Scabies.—NICHOLAS and JAMBON (Ann. de dermat. ..."

2. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1900)
"The term " cyclic " albuminuria has been applied to those conditions in which the proteid is. found in the urine only at approximately regular intervals or ..."

3. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"In renal albuminuria, the process may be transitory, as in orthostatic ... It is generally believed that in renal albuminuria the source of the protein is ..."

4. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1915)
"(c) Significance of albuminuria. It is important to realize that albuminuria very often occurs without nephritis and that nephritis occasionally occurs ..."

5. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1912)
"This statement is still, however, in dispute, and many h^M that there is a physiological albuminuria which may follow muscular work. the ingestion of food ..."

6. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by James Meschter Anders (1915)
"albuminuria. Pathology and Etiology.—The immediate cause is the escape of the normal ... The principal causes of albuminuria are—(1) Those associated with ..."

7. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1888)
"Professor Stewart grasps the entire subject with a masterly hand, and among other pregnant utterances lays special emphasis on albuminuria being much more ..."

8. Clinical Diagnosis: The Bacteriological, Chemical and Microscopical Evidence by Rudolf Jaksch von Wartenhorst (1893)
"It follows from what has been said that albuminuria is of different kinds, and we may distinguish : (i) Serum-albuminuria, which alone will lx> understood ..."

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