Definition of Azotemic

1. Adjective. Of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency).

Exact synonyms: Uraemic, Uremic
Partainyms: Azotemia, Uremia
Derivative terms: Azotemia, Uraemia, Uremia

Definition of Azotemic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to azotemia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Azotemic

1. azotemia [adj] - See also: azotemia

Medical Definition of Azotemic

1. Relating to azotemia. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Azotemic

azoreductase
azoreductases
azores
azorubine
azosemide
azospirillum
azospirillum brasilense
azosulfamide
azotaemia
azotaemias
azotaemic
azote
azoted
azotemia
azotemias
azotemic (current term)
azotemic retinitis
azotes
azoth
azothermia
azoths
azotic
azotise
azotised
azotises
azotising
azotite
azotites
azotize
azotized

Literary usage of Azotemic

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

1. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"Nevertheless, azotemic diabetic patients are at substantially greater risk than azotemic nondiabetic patients or ..."

2. Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916 by Olga Metchnikoff (1921)
"What is the use of being able to foretell, by means of the proportion of area in the blood, the precise moment of the death of an " azotemic " patient when ..."

3. 5th Report Of The Joint National Committee On Detection, Evaluation, And by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"... renal artery stenosis to a solitary kidney, and preexisting renal disease. Hyperkalemia is a definite risk in azotemic patients receiving ACE inhibi- ..."

4. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"When less marked, there are clinical evidences of renal hypofunction causing in early life the clinical picture of chronic non-edematous or azotemic ..."

5. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Diagnosis and Treatment: Clinical Practice by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"J Urol 1974a; 112:634-42. Melchior J, Valk WL, Foret JD, Mebust WK. Transurethral prostatectomy in the azotemic patient. J Urol 1974b; 112:643-6 ..."

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