diuretic drug
- noun
- /ˌdaɪjʊˈrɛtɪk drʌg/
- Specialized
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fármaco diurético
- The doctor prescribed a diuretic drug to help reduce swelling in her ankles.
Examples
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The doctor prescribed a diuretic drug to help with her swelling.
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Prolonged use of a diuretic drug should always be monitored by a healthcare professional.
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Some patients may need to take a diuretic drug to control high blood pressure.
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Many diuretic drugs can cause dehydration if not monitored.
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The doctor prescribed a diuretic drug to help reduce her swelling and eliminate excess water retention.
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He took a diuretic drug to help manage his high blood pressure by flushing out extra fluid.
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Athletes sometimes use a diuretic drug to quickly lose water weight before a weigh-in.
Synonyms
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A substance that makes your body pass more water as urine
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A medicine that makes you pass more urine to remove extra water from your body
Antonyms
- Specialized
A medicine that makes the kidneys keep more water and reduce urine
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'diuretic' (promotes urine production and water removal) combined with 'drug' (a medicine) yields a medicine that increases urine flow. This simple noun–noun combination follows regular word-formation patterns and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The noun diuretic drug comes from the simple image of a medicine that helps the body get rid of extra water. Think of diuretic as 'making you pass urine' and drug as a medicine that opens a way for that water to leave the body, so the term means 'a drug that increases the flow of urine'.