diuretic
English
Alternative forms
- diuretick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English diuretyk, from Old French diuretique; ultimately from Ancient Greek διουρητικός (diourētikós). By surface analysis, diuresis + -etic.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /daɪ(j)əˈɹɛtɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɛtɪk
- Homophones: diarrhetic, diaeretic
Adjective
diuretic (comparative more diuretic, superlative most diuretic)
- (medicine, pharmacology) Increasing the amount or frequency of urination.
Derived terms
Translations
increasing urination
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Noun
diuretic (plural diuretics)
- (medicine, pharmacology) A drug or a substance that increases the rate of urine excretion.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Translations
drug
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French diurétique, from Latin diureticus.
Adjective
diuretic m or n (feminine singular diuretică, masculine plural diuretici, feminine and neuter plural diuretice)
Declension
Declension of diuretic
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
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