Definition of Alkaluria

1. Noun. A condition in which the urine (which is normally slightly acidic) is alkaline.

Exact synonyms: Alkalinuria
Generic synonyms: Symptom

Medical Definition of Alkaluria

1. The passage of alkaline urine. Synonym: alkaluria. Origin: alkaline + G. Ouron, urine (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alkaluria

alkalization
alkalizations
alkalize
alkalized
alkalizer
alkalizers
alkalizes
alkalizing
alkaloid
alkaloidal
alkaloids
alkalophile
alkaloses
alkalosis
alkalotic
alkaluria (current term)
alkane
alkane 1-monooxygenase
alkane series
alkanediyl
alkanediyls
alkanes
alkanesulfonates
alkanesulfonic acids
alkanet
alkanethiol
alkanethiols
alkanets
alkanium
alkanium ion

Literary usage of Alkaluria

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

1. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1875)
"... being often just sufficient to neutralise the earthy salts daily consumed in the water, or at least not adequate to check the tendency to alkaluria. ..."

2. The Medical Times and Gazette (1874)
"... ten just sufficient to neutralise the earthy salts daily consumed in the water, or at least not adequate to check the tendency to alkaluria. ..."

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