diuresis

English

Etymology

From New Latin diūrēsis, from Ancient Greek διουρέω (diouréō, “to urinate”) + -σις (-sis).

Morphologically, δῐουρέω (diouréō) can be analysed as δι- (di-) + οὐρέω (ouréō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪjʊˈɹiːsɪs/
• Rhymes: -iːsɪs

Noun

diuresis (countable and uncountable, plural diureses)

1. (biology, medicine) Excessive production of urine; polyuria.
2. (biology, medicine) (more often) The physiologic process that produces such an increase.
3. (biology, medicine) (most often) The administration of medications to encourage that process.

Derived terms

• antidiuresis
• diurese (back-formation)
• overdiuresis
• underdiuresis

Related terms

• diuretic

Translations

excessive production of urine — see also polyuria

• Basque: diuresi
• Burmese: ကျင်ပြောနာ (my) (kyangprau:na)
• Catalan: diüresi f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 利尿 (lei⁶ niu⁶)

  Hokkien: 利尿 (zh-min-nan) (lī-jiō)

  Mandarin: 利尿 (zh) (lìniào), 多尿症 (zh) (duōniàozhèng)

• Czech: diuréza f
• Danish: diurese c
• French: diurèse (fr) f
• Galician: diurese (gl) f
• German: Diurese (de) f
• Greek: διούρηση (el) f (dioúrisi)
• Hungarian: diurézis
• Italian: diuresi (it) f
• Kazakh: диурез (diurez)
• Polish: diureza f
• Portuguese: diurese f
• Russian: диуре́з (ru) m (diuréz)
• Spanish: diuresis f
• Ukrainian: діурез m (diurez)

Anagrams

• eusirids

Spanish

Noun

diuresis f (plural diuresis)

1. diuresis

Further reading

• “diuresis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10