oliguria
- noun
- /ˌɑlɪˈɡjʊəriə/
- Specialized
:
oliguria
- The doctor explained that oliguria is when a person produces less than 400 mL of urine per day.
Examples
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Oliguria (<400 mL per day) occurs in about half the cases.
Academic text (1995) -
However, patients with early-stage AKI are at increased risk of developing fluid overload because of oliguria.
Academic text (2016) -
Oliguria can indicate reduced renal perfusion.
Academic text (2016) -
Significant hypoperfusion states exist with severe lactic acidosis, oliguria, and altered mental status.
Academic text (2005) -
Other symptoms included oliguria, arthralgias, myalgias, bone pain, headache, and retroocular pain.
Academic text (2012) -
Renal biopsy was performed when oliguria, heavy proteinuria, or hematuria persisted for three weeks.
Academic text (2012) -
In patients with sepsis, oliguria flags up impending AKI before detectable tubular injury occurs.
Academic text (2016) -
Acute renal failure with oliguria caused by HFRS often lasts for several days before spontaneously resolving (5).
Academic text (2013) -
Almost 25% of these critically ill patients with SIRS and oliguria or a rising serum creatinine concentration needed renal replacement therapy, and more than 40% died.
Academic text (2000) -
After several tests, the nurse confirmed that the patient was experiencing oliguria due to dehydration.
Antonyms
- Specialized
A condition in which the body makes too much urine, often from diabetes or kidney problems
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Surface Forms
Morphology
oliguria = olig + uria
A learned medical formation from Greek combining forms ('olig-' = few, '-uria' = urine) that an average B1 learner cannot reliably parse or derive from common English vocabulary.
Etymology
The word oliguria comes from Greek parts olig- meaning 'few' and -uria meaning 'urine'. So it literally says 'few urine', which explains why oliguria is the medical name for making very little urine.
