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Definition of Diuresis

1. Noun. Increased secretion of urine; if not due to increased liquid intake or to the action of a diuretic drug it can be a symptom of diabetes mellitus.

Definition of Diuresis

1. n. Free excretion of urine.

Definition of Diuresis

1. Noun. excessive urination ¹

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Definition of Diuresis

1. excessive discharge of urine [n DIURESES]

Medical Definition of Diuresis

1. Increased excretion of urine. Can be due to metabolic conditions such as diabetes, where the increased glucose level in the blood causes water to be lost in the urine. Can also be produced specifically by diuretic drugs that increase sodium and water loss from the kidney. Origin: Gr. Diourein = to urinate, to pass in urine This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Diuresis

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

1. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1852)
"diuresis.—DIABETES. is apt to attack persons of spare habit and nervous temperament, and generally occurs in those of middle age, and in men more frequently ..."

2. Therapeutic Gazette (1886)
"The diuresis appears three days after having taken the drug, and persists ... The degree of the diuresis was found to be dependent upon two factors,—first, ..."

3. A Practical treatise on the diseases of infancy and childhood by Thomas Hawkes Tanner, Alfred Meadows (1879)
"diuresis. In the Treatment of these cases we must be careful to make the little ... diuresis. The term diuresis merely implies the existence of an increased ..."

4. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"The combination of caffein with salines also gives a greater diuresis than either ... If the conditions are otherwise unfavorable to diuresis, as in dry-fed ..."

5. An Analytical compendium of the various branches of medical science by John Neill, Francis Gurney Smith (1866)
"diuresis. This term is used to signify a morbid increase of urine; it is syno- nymous with the ... diuresis frequently attends hysteria. TLe urine is pale, ..."

6. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"diuresis.—Whenver it is possible to increase renal output, this is the most satisfactory method of ridding the body of fluid. Unfortunately in most of these ..."

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