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ALBUMINURIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does albuminuria mean?
• ALBUMINURIA (noun)
The noun ALBUMINURIA has 1 sense:
1. the presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also globulin) in the urine; usually a symptom of kidney disorder
Familiarity information: ALBUMINURIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also globulin) in the urine; usually a symptom of kidney disorder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
albuminuria; proteinuria
Hypernyms ("albuminuria" 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)
Derivation:
albuminuric (of or related to the state of albuminuria)
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