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glycuresis

glycuresis noun: excretion of sugar (glucose) in the urine, as in diabetes; glucosuria.

Noun

glycuresis (uncountable)

  1. (medical) excretion of sugar (glucose) in the urine, as in diabetes; glucosuria.
    • That the threshold point of glycuresis in diabetes shows wide variations is an important fact, clinically, because it reveals the inadequacy of urinary sugar examinations and the necessity for blood sugar findings in the management of this disease.1925 May, “Sugar threshold in one hundred cases of diabetes”, in JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, volume 84, number 19, pages 1406-7

Origin of glycuresis

From glyco- + -uresis.

Questions about glycuresis

What does glycuresis mean?
Glycuresis means excretion of sugar (glucose) in the urine, as in diabetes; glucosuria.
What part of speech is glycuresis?
Glycuresis is a noun.

Words near glycuresis in the dictionary

  1. glycoxidatively
  2. glycoxidised
  3. glycoylated
  4. glycozolicine
  5. glycozoline
  6. glycuresis
  7. glycuronan
  8. glycuronate
  9. glycuronates
  10. glycuronic
  11. glycuronic acid

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