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oligoanuria

oligoanuria noun: a condition, lying between anuria and oligouria, in which less than 100ml of urine is produced per day.

Noun

oligoanuria (uncountable)

  1. A condition, lying between anuria and oligouria, in which less than 100ml of urine is produced per day
    • Another limitation is that a high percentage of severe septic patients show renal failure and oligoanuria.2015 November 14, “Prognosis Biomarkers of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock by 1 H NMR Urine Metabolomics in the Intensive Care Unit”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of oligoanuria

From oligo- + anuria.

Questions about oligoanuria

What does oligoanuria mean?
Oligoanuria means a condition, lying between anuria and oligouria, in which less than 100ml of urine is produced per day.
What part of speech is oligoanuria?
Oligoanuria is a noun.

Words near oligoanuria in the dictionary

  1. oligoanalgesia
  2. oligoaniline
  3. oligoanilines
  4. oligoanovulation
  5. oligoantigenic
  6. oligoanuria
  7. oligoanuric
  8. oligoarabinosaccharide
  9. oligoarabinosaccharides
  10. oligoarabinoside
  11. oligoarabinosides

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