Organ or Tissue Function
diuresis Audio
di·u·re·sis [ dahy-uh-ree-sis ]
Subclass of:
Urinary Tract Physiology
Definitions related to diuresis:
  • An increase in the excretion of URINE. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Excretion of urine; commonly denotes production of unusually large volumes of urine.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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