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English
Adjective
chloremic
- (medicine) Pertaining to illnesses involving difficulties in processing chlorides, especially nephritis in which the kidneys have trouble excreting chlorides.
1912, “Renal Functions in the Course of Nephritis of Childhood”, in Charlotte Medical Journal, volume 65, page 428:In the chloremic form there may occur pharyngolaryngeal edema, pulmonary edema, hydrothorax, digestive troubles, including vomiting and diarrhea, headache, eclampsia, coma, Cheyene-Stokes respiration, and visual troubles.
1915, A. Sachs, M.D. Omaha, “Nephritis”, in Western Medical Review, volume 20, number 8, page 469:One rarely sees however, a pure azotemic, or chloremic form, but usually a combination of these various forms is present.
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