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Definition of Diuretic drug
1. Noun. Any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water.
Specialized synonyms: Chlorthalidone, Hygroton, Thalidone, Edecrin, Ethacrynic Acid, Furosemide, Lasix, Indapamide, Lozal, Mannitol, Osmitrol, Thiazide
Generic synonyms: Drug
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diuretic Drug
Literary usage of Diuretic drug
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)
"Moreover, a diuretic drug is apt to do harm by decreasing renal function either
immediately or following a temporary stimulation. ..."
2. The Hahnemannian Monthly (1901)
"... although the drug was repeated three times daily for forty- eight hours longer.
When dropsical conditions supervene a diuretic drug is necessary. ..."
3. Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences edited by [Anonymus AC02809657] (1895)
"Like any other diuretic drug it may fail iu single cases. 4. On account of its
diuretic action lactate of strontium is recommended in pleuritic effusion as ..."
4. Therapeutic Gazette (1891)
"But there can be no infallible diuretic drug, since in some cases of general
oedema the epithelium—».г., the secreting structure itself—is at fault. ..."
5. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1851)
"... and the addition of a diuretic drug to the blood could do nothing but increase
its unnatural state, and perhaps aggravate the kidney-disease by the ..."
6. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1913)
"L. MILLER: Dr. Christian stated that the amount of the diuretic drug given
intravenously to his animals was equivalent per kilogram to tho dose given to man ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The spiciness is due to the volatile oil of Gaultheria (qv) which is a stimulant,
astringent and diuretic drug, but is chiefly used for flavoring, ..."
8. The Chemistry and Analysis of Drugs and Medicines by Henry Corbin Fuller (1920)
"and diuretic drug. They contain acid potassium oxalate and a little tartaric acid.
The root of Polygonum cuspidatum syn., ..."
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