diuretic
/daɪ(j)əˈɹɛtɪk/
diuretic adjective: increasing the amount or frequency of urination.
Adjective
diuretic (comparative more diuretic, superlative most diuretic)
- Increasing the amount or frequency of urination.
- Blackcurrant leaf has a diuretic action [11,12,14], therefore it should not be taken concurrently with diuretics indicated for cardiac or renal insufficiency except on medical advice.2003, European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy, ESCOP Monographs: The Scientific Foundation for Herbal Medicinal Products, page 426
- Further experiments are needed to elaborate the exact mechanisms of the hypotensive and diuretic effects of diterpene kaurenoids.2016, Maurice M. Iwu, Food as Medicine: Functional Food Plants of Africa
Noun
diuretic (plural diuretics)
- A drug or a substance that increases the rate of urine excretion.
- Blackcurrant leaf has a diuretic action [11,12,14], therefore it should not be taken concurrently with diuretics indicated for cardiac or renal insufficiency except on medical advice.2003, European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy, ESCOP Monographs: The Scientific Foundation for Herbal Medicinal Products, page 426
- Since vasodilatation is a side effect of diuretics but also occurs in thermoregulation, diuretics should be reduced in meteoropathic individuals to prevent extremely dangerous situations [38, 39].2023 June, Malvina Hoxha, Bruno Zappacosta, “Meteoropathy: a review on the current state of knowledge”, in Journal of Medicine and Life, volume 16, number 6, →DOI, archived from the original on 14...
diuretic meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
diuretic in Tamil
- சிறுநீர்ப் பிரிப்பு, நீர்ப்பெருக்கி, சிறுநீர்ப் பெருக்கி, சிறுநீர்ப்பெருக்கி
diuretic in Urdu
- پیشاب آور
diuretic in Kannada
- ಉಚ್ಚೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗುವಿಕೆ
Forms of diuretic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more diuretic |
| superlative | most diuretic |
| alternative form (obsolete) | diuretick |
| Noun | |
| plural | diuretics |
Origin of diuretic
From Middle English diuretyk, from Old French diuretique; ultimately from Ancient Greek διουρητικός (diourētikós). By surface analysis, diuresis + -etic.
Words formed from diuretic
Words that rhyme with diuretic
- sympathetic
- hermetic
- kinetic
- athletic
- genetic
- magnetic
- energetic
- pathetic
- syndetic
- aesthetic
- diabetic
- diaeretic
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- frenetic
- mimetic
- peripatetic
- planetic
- poetic
- tonetic
- abietic
- anesthetic
- anoetic
- anuretic
- apathetic
- ascetic
- auxetic
- cybernetic
- dietetic
- epithetic
- Helvetic
- parasympathetic
- parenthetic
- phyletic
- Sidetic
- splenetic
- synaeretic
- synizetic
- tabetic
- threnetic
- alexipyretic
- algetic
- alphabetic
- alphametic
- amuletic
- analgetic
- anchoretic
- anoretic
- aphetic
- aporetic
- archegetic
- asyndetic
- auletic
- autonoetic
- balletic
- Baphometic
- cardioparasympathetic
- cardiosympathetic
- cometic
- conspiracy-theoretic
- cynegetic
- diagenetic
Questions about diuretic
- What does diuretic mean?
- Diuretic means increasing the amount or frequency of urination.
- What is diuretic in Tamil?
- Diuretic in Tamil is சிறுநீர்ப் பிரிப்பு, நீர்ப்பெருக்கி, சிறுநீர்ப் பெருக்கி. See Diuretic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is diuretic?
- Diuretic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce diuretic?
- Diuretic is pronounced /daɪ(j)əˈɹɛtɪk/ (UK).
Words near diuretic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: diuretic (page history and authors); diuretic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); diuretic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); diuretic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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