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Definition of Azotemia

1. Noun. Accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine.

Definition of Azotemia

1. Noun. (medicine) the accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (such as urea) that are usually excreted in the urine ¹

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Definition of Azotemia

1. an excess of nitrogenous substances in the blood [n -S] : AZOTEMIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Azotemia

1. 1. An excess in the blood of urea, creatinine and other nitrogenous end products of protein and amino acids metabolism, more correctly referred to as azotaemia. 2. In current usage the entire constellation of signs and symptoms of chronic renal failure including nausea, vomiting anorexia, a metallic taste in the mouth, a uraemic odour of the breath, pruritus, uraemic frost on the skin, neuromuscular disorders, pain and twitching in the muscles, hypertension, oedema, mental confusion and acid base and electrolyte imbalances. Origin: Gr. Ouron = urine, haima = blood This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Azotemia

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

1. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"azotemia. — A rise of the blood nonprotein nitrogen is a frequent finding in ... In a few instances azotemia appears associated with extreme dehydration and ..."

2. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"Experimental study of the relation of urémie azotemia to ... In artificial azotemia, produced by the addition of urea to rabbits with normal kidneys, ..."

3. A Text-book of Urology in Men, Women and Children, Including Urinary and by Victor Cox Pedersen (1919)
"Still more recently Widal, Weill and Pasteur Valery-Radot,1 in discussing stopping places in azotemia in nephritis, make the following statements: 1. ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"... published 3 cases of cerebral hemorrhage or softening with azotemia of 0.9 ... insists that most of these symptoms are the work of the azotemia rather ..."

5. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"In a review of the pathology of corrosive sublimate poisoning, Achard lays special stress on the question of azotemia. In this case there were ..."

6. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1917)
"In addition to chloride retention, there is more or less azotemia in these cases, ... The azotemia responds well in these cases to low protein feeding, and, ..."

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