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Definition: Proteinuria |
ProteinuriaNoun1. The presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also globulin) in the urine; usually a symptom of kidney disorder. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemical Industry | The presence of urinary protein in concentrations greater than 0. 3 g in a 24-hr urine collection; may be caused by intoxication by organic solvents. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | The presence of protein in the urine, indicating that the kidneys are not working properly. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Serum protein that get filtered into primary urine are readily absorbed. If protein is present in urine sample it usually means some damage to renal structures or excess of some pathologic protein in serum.
With gross proteinuria hypoproteinemia can develop and it results in diminished oncotic pressure (ascites, edema, hydrothorax).
Proteinuria is a leading symptom of:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Proteinuria."
Synonym: ProteinuriaSynonym: albuminuria (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Proteinuria |
| Specialty definitions using "proteinuria": AIDS-Associated Nephropathy ♦ Gestosis, EPH, Glomerulonephritis, IgA, Glomerulonephritis, Membranous, glomerulosclerosis ♦ Lecithin Acyltransferase Deficiency ♦ membranoproliferative ♦ Nephrosis, Lipoid ♦ preeclampsia, Pregnancy Toxemias. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Another sign is proteinuria, or protein in your urine. (references) | |
Maternal bleeding or severe proteinuria late in pregnancy. (references) | ||
To test for proteinuria, you will need to give a urine sample. (references) | ||
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| "Proteinuria" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Proteinuria" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 14 | 93,893 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
proteinuria | 160 |
cause proteinuria | 5 |
el embarazo en proteinuria | 4 |
pregnancy proteinuria | 3 |
orthostatic proteinuria | 3 |
proteinuria treatment | 3 |
hematuria proteinuria | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "proteinuria"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | proteinuri (albuminuria). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | proteïnurie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | proteinuria, valkuaisvirtsaisuus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | protéinurie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Proteinurie (albuminuria). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πρωτεϊνουρία (albuminuria). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | proteinuria. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oteinuriapray proteinúria. (various references) proteinuria. (various references) proteinuri, äggvita i urinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "proteinuria": proteinurias. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-n-o-p-r-r-t-u" | |
-2 letters: irruption, pretorian. | |
-3 letters: anterior, atropine, eruption, interior, paintier, pointier, pretrain, priorate, prurient, terrapin, unrepair. | |
-4 letters: airport, atropin, epinaoi, inertia, operant, opuntia, outearn, painter, partier, partner, pertain, petunia, pierrot, pointer, pornier, poutier, praetor, prairie, preriot, printer, pronate, prorate, protean, protein, puritan, rainier, rainout, rapture, repaint, reprint, retrain, ripieno, roupier, routine, ruinate, runtier, taurine, terrain. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-n-o-p-r-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: proteinurias. | |
+2 letters: prefiguration. | |
+3 letters: prefigurations, pressurization, ultraprecision. | |
+4 letters: pressurizations, trifluoperazine, ultraprecisions. | |
+5 letters: depressurization, neuropsychiatric, supernormalities, superromanticism, trifluoperazines. | |
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