diuretic
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English diuretyk, from Old French diuretique; ultimately from Ancient Greek διουρητικός (diourētikós). By surface analysis, diuresis + -etic.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /daɪ(j)əˈɹɛtɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛtɪk
- Homophones: diarrhetic, diaeretic
Adjective
diuretic (comparative more diuretic, superlative most diuretic)
- (medicine, pharmacology) Increasing the amount or frequency of urination.
- 2003, European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy, ESCOP Monographs: The Scientific Foundation for Herbal Medicinal Products, page 426:
- Blackcurrant leaf has a diuretic action [11,12,14], therefore it should not be taken concurrently with diuretics indicated for cardiac or renal insufficiency except on medical advice.
- 2016, Maurice M. Iwu, Food as Medicine: Functional Food Plants of Africa:
- Further experiments are needed to elaborate the exact mechanisms of the hypotensive and diuretic effects of diterpene kaurenoids.
Derived terms
Translations
increasing urination
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Noun
diuretic (plural diuretics)
- (medicine, pharmacology) A drug or a substance that increases the rate of urine excretion.
- 2003, European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy, ESCOP Monographs: The Scientific Foundation for Herbal Medicinal Products, page 426:
- Blackcurrant leaf has a diuretic action [11,12,14], therefore it should not be taken concurrently with diuretics indicated for cardiac or renal insufficiency except on medical advice.
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Derived terms
Translations
drug
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French diurétique, from Latin diureticus.
Adjective
diuretic m or n (feminine singular diuretică, masculine plural diuretici, feminine and neuter plural diuretice)
Declension
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| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | diuretic | diuretică | diuretici | diuretice | |||
| definite | diureticul | diuretica | diureticii | diureticele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | diuretic | diuretice | diuretici | diuretice | |||
| definite | diureticului | diureticei | diureticilor | diureticelor | ||||