anury

A patient is diagnosed with anury in the hospital.

Definition

1. Noun (Medicine):
   • The medical condition characterized by the absence of urine production or excretion; also spelled anuria.

Usage Examples

• (A medical condition of no urine output.)
• (The underlying causes of the condition.)

Advanced Usage

• "acute anury": a sudden onset of anury, often requiring emergency medical intervention.

  • The doctor suspected acute anury due to a blocked ureter. (A sudden inability to urinate.)

• "prerenal anury": anury caused by reduced blood flow to the kidneys.

  • Prerenal anury is often reversible with fluid replacement. (Anury from low kidney perfusion.)

Variants and Related Words

• Anuric (adj): relating to or characterized by anury.

  • The patient remained anuric despite aggressive treatment. (Showing no urine output.)

• Anuria (n): an alternative spelling of anury, more commonly used in modern medical terminology.

  • Anuria is defined as urine output of less than 100 milliliters per day. (The standard term for the condition.)

Synonyms

• Anuria: the more common synonym for anury.
• Uremia: a related condition where waste products accumulate in the blood due to kidney failure, often associated with anury.
• Oliguria: reduced urine output (less severe than anury).

Related Idioms (None directly applicable; condition is medical and technical)