DIURETIC DRUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diuretic drug mean? 

• DIURETIC DRUG (noun)
  The noun DIURETIC DRUG has 1 sense:

1. any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water

  Familiarity information: DIURETIC DRUG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIURETIC DRUG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

diuretic; diuretic drug; water pill

Hypernyms ("diuretic drug" is a kind of...):

drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diuretic drug"):

chlorthalidone; Hygroton; Thalidone (a diuretic (trade names Hygroton and Thalidone) used to control hypertension and conditions that cause edema; effective in lowering blood pressure to prevent heart attacks)

Edecrin; ethacrynic acid (diuretic (trade name Edecrin) used to treat edema)

furosemide; Lasix (commonly used diuretic (trade name Lasix) used to treat hypertension and edema)

indapamide; Lozal (diuretic (trade name Lozal) used in the treatment of hypertension)

mannitol; Osmitrol (a diuretic (trade name Osmitrol) used to promote the excretion of urine)

thiazide (any of a group of drugs commonly used as diuretics in the treatment of hypertension; they block the reabsorption of sodium in the kidneys)