OLIGURIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oliguria mean? 

• OLIGURIA (noun)
  The noun OLIGURIA has 2 senses:

1. abnormally small production of urine; can be a symptom of kidney disease or obstruction of the urinary tract or edema or an imbalance of fluids and electrolytes in the body

2. production of an abnormally small amount of urine

  Familiarity information: OLIGURIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLIGURIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormally small production of urine; can be a symptom of kidney disease or obstruction of the urinary tract or edema or an imbalance of fluids and electrolytes in the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("oliguria" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Production of an abnormally small amount of urine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("oliguria" is a kind of...):

micturition; urination (the discharge of urine)

 Context examples 

Clinical symptoms include severe jaundice, bleeding, oliguria, loss of body weight and elevation of serum levels of bilirubin and hepatic enzymes.

(LEC, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

Sudden and sustained deterioration of the kidney function characterized by decreased glomerular filtration rate, increased serum creatinine or oliguria.

(Acute Renal Failure, NCI Thesaurus)

Associated signs of peripheral hypoperfusion (e.g. cool extremities, oliguria, altered sensorium) or a cardiac index of less than 2.2L/min/m^(2) are present.

(History of Cardiogenic Shock, NCI Thesaurus)

Associated signs of hypoperfusion (cool and clammy skin, oliguria, or altered sensorium) or a cardiac index of less than 2.2 L/min/m2 are present.

(Killip Class, NCI Thesaurus)

Associated signs of hypoperfusion (cool and clammy skin, oliguria, or altered sensorium) or a cardiac index of less than 2.2 L/min/m^(2) are present.

(History of Cardiogenic Shock, NCI Thesaurus)