WATER PILL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water pill mean? 

• WATER PILL (noun)
  The noun WATER PILL 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: WATER PILL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATER PILL (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 ("water pill" is a kind of...):

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

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

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)

 Context examples 

To keep swelling down, your health care provider may recommend keeping your legs raised when sitting, wearing support stockings, limiting how much salt you eat, or taking a medicine called a diuretic - also called a water pill.

(Edema, NIH)