Clinical Diagnosis · Urinary System · Medium
Uraemia
Meaning: A build-up of waste products in the blood due to kidney failure, causing nausea, itching and confusion.
In practice: Uraemia caused pruritus and a pericardial rub in the patient with end-stage renal disease.
Word parts
- -emia means a condition of the blood
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