diuretic
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle English diuretyk, from Old French diuretique; ultimately from Ancient Greek διουρητικός (diourētikós). By surface analysis, diuresis + -etic.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /daɪ(j)əˈɹɛtɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɛtɪk
- Homophones: diarrhetic, diaeretic
Adjective edit
diuretic (comparative more diuretic, superlative most diuretic)
- (medicine, pharmacology) Increasing the amount or frequency of urination.
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increasing urination
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Noun edit
diuretic (plural diuretics)
- (medicine, pharmacology) A drug or a substance that increases the rate of urine excretion.
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drug
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French diurétique, from Latin diureticus.
Adjective edit
diuretic m or n (feminine singular diuretică, masculine plural diuretici, feminine and neuter plural diuretice)
Declension edit
Declension of diuretic
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | diuretic | diuretică | diuretici | diuretice | ||
definite | diureticul | diuretica | diureticii | diureticele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | diuretic | diuretice | diuretici | diuretice | ||
definite | diureticului | diureticei | diureticilor | diureticelor |