Path. Also uremia. [mod.L., f. Gr. οὖρ-ον urine + αἶμα blood. Cf. It. uremia, F. urémie.] A morbid condition resulting from the presence in the blood of urinary constituents, which are normally eliminated by the kidneys.
1857. Dunglison, Med. Lex., Uræmia..., a condition of the blood in which it contains urine or urea.
1867. A. Flint, Princ. Med., 84. An excess of uric acid … in the blood constituting a condition differing from uræmia.
1886. Buck’s Handbk. Med. Sci., II. 253/1. The respirations … are slow in the coma of compression and uræmia.
