hyperuria

Noun

hyperuria (uncountable)

1. Increased frequency of urination and/or increased quantity of urine.
   • The animals became less active and hyperuria developed (the amount of urine: 62 ml/day in C; 103.6 ml/day in LT).1985, Physiologia Bohemoslovaca - Volume 34, page 461
   • Between my insomnia at being in a strange bedroom and my hyperuria, I was awake most of the night, and I never saw Braddy get up once.1991, Michael Petracca, Doctor Syntax, page 197
2. An increased concentration of metabolites in the urine.
   • In some cases the diseases give rise to destruction of leucocytes, causing the production and excretion of much uric acid ; in these cases the hyperuria is the consequence of the primary disease.1897, The Monthly Cyclopædia of Practical Medicine. V.1-21, V.22, No. 1-5
   • An increased concentration of a metabolite in the bloodstream (hyperemia) often results in an increased concentration in the urine (hyperuria).1999, Tom Brody, Nutritional Biochemistry, →ISBN, page 170