Definition of Phosphaturia

1. n. The excessive discharge of phosphates in the urine.

Definition of Phosphaturia

1. Noun. (medicine) The presence of phosphate in the urine ¹

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Definition of Phosphaturia

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Medical Definition of Phosphaturia

1. The excessive discharge of phosphates in the urine. Origin: NL. See Phosphate, and Urine. (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phosphaturia

phosphatidylinositol phosphates
phosphatidylinositol synthase
phosphatidylinositols
phosphatidyls
phosphatidylserine
phosphatidylserines
phosphatization
phosphatizations
phosphatize
phosphatized
phosphatizes
phosphatizing
phosphatome
phosphatomes
phosphatrane
phosphaturia (current term)
phosphaturias
phosphazene
phosphazenes
phosphazine
phosphazines
phosphene
phosphenes
phosphepane
phosphepine
phosphetane
phosphid
phosphide
phosphides
phosphids

Literary usage of Phosphaturia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diet in Health and Disease by Julius Friedenwald, John Ruhräh (1907)
"By phosphaturia is understood the excretion of a turbid, frequently milky, urine, which, without the slightest ammoniacal decomposition, yields a more or ..."

2. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by James Meschter Anders (1915)
"phosphaturia. Definition.—A persistent excess of phosphates in the urine. Etiology and Pathology.—Conditions that produce an alkaline fermentation of the ..."

3. The Prophylaxis and Treatment of Internal Diseases: Designed for the Use of by Frederick Forchheimer (1906)
"The precipitation of phosphates alone cannot I> e taken as an index of disease; in order to determine phosphaturia, daily examinations of urine (a specimen ..."

4. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1905)
"This urinary anomaly is of three types: phosphaturia of children ; phosphaturia of adults associated with neurasthenia; essential phosphaturia. ..."

5. Treatment of Internal Diseases: For Physicians and Students by Norbert Ortner, Nathaniel Bowditch Potter (1908)
"When the phosphaturia is primary or is a symptom of some disease of the genito-urinary tract which cannot be removed at the time, a special dietetic therapy ..."

6. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"phosphaturia The phosphoric acid is excreted from the body in combination with potassium, sodium, calcium, and magnesium, forming two classes, the alkaline ..."

7. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1876)
"He gives an outline of three cases of double cataract in which phosphaturia was present, in all of which operative interference led to ill results, ..."

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