a condition of the urine, esp. one related to a disease, often indicated by the presence of a (specified) substance in the urine: glycosuria, albuminuria
Origin of -uria
Modern Latin from Classical Greek -ouria from ouron, urine
suffix
Uria is defined as words related to urine conditions.
An example of uria is anuria, which is the absence of urine.
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- The condition of having a specified substance in the urine: aciduria.
- The condition of having a specified kind of urine: polyuria.
Origin of -uria
New Latin -ūria from Greek -ouriā from ouron urineTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Suffix
- (pathology) urine
- hyperoxaluria →
- ischuria
- lipuria
- phenylketonuria
- postural albuminuria
Origin
From the Latin -Å«ria, from the Ancient Greek -ουÏία (-ouria), from οὖÏον (ouron, “urine").
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Sentence Examples
- In Colorado and New Mexico Marsh has detected bones of Meleagris, Puffinus, Sula and Uria, all existing genera; but the first is especially suggestive, since it is one of the most characteristic forms of the New World.
- Their chief towns were Uzentum, Rudiae, Brundisium and Uria.