HEMATURIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hematuria mean? 

• HEMATURIA (noun)
  The noun HEMATURIA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HEMATURIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEMATURIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

haematuria; hematuria

Hypernyms ("hematuria" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

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

haematocyturia; hematocyturia (the presence of red blood cells in the urine)

 Context examples 

It affects males more often than females and is characterized by hematuria, progressive renal insufficiency, hearing loss, and ocular abnormalities.

(Alport Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It may be asymptomatic or complicated by hematuria, infections, or renal stones.

(Medullary Sponge Kidney, NCI Thesaurus)

Presenting symptoms include hematuria and polycythemia.

(Metanephric Adenofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients usually present with flank pain and hematuria.

(Mixed Epithelial Stromal Tumor of the Kidney, NCI Thesaurus)

It is manifested with hematuria and mild proteinuria.

(IgA Nephropathy, NCI Thesaurus)

Hematuria is the most common symptom at presentation.

(Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms usually appear at middle age and include abdominal pain, hematuria and high blood pressure.

(Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical signs include hypertension and hematuria.

(Bladder Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common symptom at the time of diagnosis is hematuria.

(Non-Hereditary Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Exposure to p-biphenylamine causes headaches, lethargy, cyanosis, urinary burning and hematuria. p-Biphenylamine is a mutagen and carcinogen in humans and is associated with an increased risk of developing bladder cancer.

(p-Biphenylamine, NCI Thesaurus)