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AZOTEMIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does azotemia mean?
• AZOTEMIA (noun)
The noun AZOTEMIA has 1 sense:
1. accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine
Familiarity information: AZOTEMIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
azotaemia; azotemia; uraemia; uremia
Hypernyms ("azotemia" is a kind of...):
pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)
Derivation:
azotemic (of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency))
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