DIURESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diuresis mean? 

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

1. increased secretion of urine; if not due to increased liquid intake or to the action of a diuretic drug it can be a symptom of diabetes mellitus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIURESIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Increased secretion of urine; if not due to increased liquid intake or to the action of a diuretic drug it can be a symptom of diabetes mellitus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("diuresis" 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)

 Context examples 

This causes an increase in diuresis with the elimination of chloride and sodium.

(Fenquizone, NCI Thesaurus)

Via various mechanism of actions, diuretics retain water in urine, thus provides a means of forced diuresis.

(Diuretic, NCI Thesaurus)

An increase in osmolarity limits tubular reabsorption of water and inhibits the renal tubular reabsorption of sodium, chloride, and other solutes, thereby promoting diuresis.

(Mannitol, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes natriuretic peptides B, plays a role in diuresis, vasorelaxation and regulation of renin and aldosterone secretion.

(NPPB wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

As an aldosterone antagonist, oxprenoate may inhibit sodium resorption in the collecting duct and may eventually lead to diuresis.

(Oxprenoate, NCI Thesaurus)

Demeclocycline also inhibits the effect of vasopressin on the renal tubules, thereby causing diuresis.

(Demeclocycline, NCI Thesaurus)

This results in vasodilatation, increased renal blood flow thereby enhancing natriuresis and diuresis leading to a lowering in diastolic blood pressure.

(Fenoldopam, NCI Thesaurus)

The enhanced excretion of Na+ produces diuresis ultimately resulting in a reduction in blood pressure without the loss of K+.

(Aldosterone Receptor Antagonist, NCI Thesaurus)

Alcohol inhibits the production of antidiuretic hormone, thereby producing diuresis that may lead to dehydration.

(Alcohol, NCI Thesaurus)

Physiologically, this agent causes relaxation of bronchial smooth muscle, produces vasodilation (except in cerebral vessels), stimulates cardiac muscle, as well as induces diuresis and gastric acid secretion.

(Oxtriphylline, NCI Thesaurus)