diuresis
Meanings
noun
- Excessive production of urine; polyuria.
- (more often) The physiologic process that produces such an increase.
- (most often) The administration of medications to encourage that process.
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Etymology
From New Latin diūrēsis, from Ancient Greek διουρέω (diouréō, “to urinate”) + -σις (-sis). Morphologically, δῐουρέω (dĭouréō) can be analysed as δι- (di-) + οὐρέω (ouréō).
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