Definitions for natriuresisˌneɪ trə yʊˈri sɪs

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

na•tri•u•re•sisˌneɪ trə yʊˈri sɪs(n.)

  1. excretion of sodium in the urine.

    Category: Physiology

Origin of natriuresis:

1957; natrium sodium (< G; see natron ) +-uresis < Gk oúrēsis urination =ourē-, var. s. of oureîn to urinate +-sis -sis

na`tri•u•ret′ic-ˈrɛt ɪk(adj.; n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. natriuresis(noun)

    the presence of abnormally large amounts of sodium in the urine

Wiktionary

  1. natriuresis(Noun)

    The presence of (excessive) sodium salts in the urine

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Natriuresis

    Sodium excretion by URINATION.


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