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chloremic

chloremic adjective: pertaining to illnesses involving difficulties in processing chlorides, especially nephritis in which the kidneys have trouble excreting chlorides.

Adjective

chloremic

  1. Pertaining to illnesses involving difficulties in processing chlorides, especially nephritis in which the kidneys have trouble excreting chlorides.
    • In the chloremic form there may occur pharyngolaryngeal edema, pulmonary edema, hydrothorax, digestive troubles, including vomiting and diarrhea, headache, eclampsia, coma, Cheyene-Stokes respiration, and visual troubles.1912, “Renal Functions in the Course of Nephritis of Childhood”, in Charlotte Medical Journal, volume 65, page 428
    • One rarely sees however, a pure azotemic, or chloremic form, but usually a combination of these various forms is present.1915, A. Sachs, M.D. Omaha, “Nephritis”, in Western Medical Review, volume 20, number 8, page 469

Words formed from chloremic

Questions about chloremic

What does chloremic mean?
Chloremic means pertaining to illnesses involving difficulties in processing chlorides, especially nephritis in which the kidneys have trouble excreting chlorides.
What part of speech is chloremic?
Chloremic is an adjective.

Words near chloremic in the dictionary

  1. chlorellaceous
  2. chlorellae
  3. chlorellas
  4. chlorellestadite
  5. chloremia
  6. chloremic
  7. chlorenchyma
  8. chlorenchymatous
  9. chlorethoxyfos
  10. chloretone
  11. chlorexidin

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