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English
Etymology
Formed as phot- + -uria; equivalent to the Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) + οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
photuria (uncountable)
- (obsolete, rare, medicine, specifically pathology) Luminous or phosphorescent urine.
1855, John Watt, Charles Watt, editors, The Chemist, volume 2, page 695:Various animal matters possess an acid reaction; urine, sweat, some portions of dead bodies, whether of men or animals have been luminous, and the presence of this microscopic algæ is the long mistaken cause of photuria.
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