Definition of Hematuria

1. Noun. The presence of blood in the urine; often a symptom of urinary tract disease.

Exact synonyms: Haematuria
Specialized synonyms: Haematocyturia, Hematocyturia
Generic synonyms: Symptom

Definition of Hematuria

1. n. Passage of urine mingled with blood.

Definition of Hematuria

1. Noun. (pathology) The presence of blood in the urine ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hematuria

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Medical Definition of Hematuria

1. The finding of blood in the urine. Origin: Gr. Ouron = urine This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hematuria

hematopoietic cells
hematopoietic stem cell
hematoporphyria
hematoporphyrin
hematoporphyrins
hematoses
hematosin
hematosis
hematotherma
hematothermal
hematotoxicity
hematoxylin
hematoxylins
hematozoa
hematozoon
hematuria (current term)
hematurias
hematuric
hemautography
heme
hemelytra
hemelytron
hemelytrum
hemeprotein
hemeral
hemeralopia
hemeralopias
hemeralopic
hemerobian
hemerobians

Literary usage of Hematuria

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

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"Jour., 1907, ix, 691) reports three instances in which hematuria developed very soon after the first dose of the drug was given, and in none of which more ..."

2. Diagnostic Methods, Chemical, Bacteriological and Microscopical: A Text-book by Ralph Waldo Webster (1912)
"The presence of red blood-cells in the urine is known as hematuria. This condition should be sharply differentiated from hemoglobinuria as the clinical ..."

3. Differential diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1912)
"CHAPTER XX hematuria THE term is applied only when blood is visible in the urine by the unaided eye. It does not apply to cases in which the microscope ..."

4. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"Burden of Suffering: A number of disorders that cause bacteriuria, hematuria, and proteinuria are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. ..."

5. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1914)
"WHILE hematuria is of very frequent occurrence, it results from so many and varied ... Certain forms of hematuria have been classed by some writers as ..."

6. Heredity in Relation to Eugenics by Charles Benedict Davenport (1911)
"hematuria, or red urine, may also be a family characteristic as the pedigree chart worked out by Guthrie shows (Fig. 149). d. Urinary Calculi. ..."

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