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microhematuria

microhematuria noun: the presence of very small amounts of blood in the urine.

Noun

microhematuria (uncountable)

  1. The presence of very small amounts of blood in the urine
    • At the early stage, AS patients manifest with microhematuria and the GBM appears as normal under electron microscopy; in advanced patients, proteinuria develops and the GBM shows distinct structural changes; such as attenuation, thicken, layering or splitting [14 ].2015 August 15, “The Accumulation of VEGFA in the Glomerular Basement Membrane and Its Relationship with Podocyte Injury and Proteinuria in Alport Syndrome”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    erythrocyturia

Synonyms of microhematuria

Origin of microhematuria

From micro- + hematuria.

Questions about microhematuria

What does microhematuria mean?
Microhematuria means the presence of very small amounts of blood in the urine.
What part of speech is microhematuria?
Microhematuria is a noun.

Words near microhematuria in the dictionary

  1. microhedylids
  2. microhelices
  3. microhelix
  4. microhemagglutination
  5. microhematocrit
  6. microhematuria
  7. microhemipopulation
  8. microhemipopulations
  9. microhemisphere
  10. microhemispheres
  11. microhemodynamic

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