UREMIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uremic mean? 

• UREMIC (adjective)
  The adjective UREMIC has 1 sense:

1. of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency)

  Familiarity information: UREMIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UREMIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency)

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

azotemic; uraemic; uremic

Pertainym:

uremia (accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine)

Derivation:

uremia (accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine)

 Context examples 

E. coli O157 was isolated from livestock and is a food borne pathogen that causes diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome in humans.

(Escherichia coli strain O157, NCI Thesaurus)

It is the most common non-O157 E. coli strain that is the causative agent of bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome in the United States.

(Escherichia coli strain O111, NCI Thesaurus)

E. coli O26 was isolated from livestock and is a highly virulent serotype causing diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome with multiple complications in humans.

(Escherichia coli strain O26, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with basal laminar drusen, complement factor H deficiency, hemolytic uremic syndrome atypical type 1, and age-related macular degeneration type 4.

(CFH wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)