diuretic

diuretic

English

Alternative forms

• diuretick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English diuretyk, from Old French diuretique; ultimately from Ancient Greek διουρητικός (diourētikós). Surface analysis, diuresis +‎ -etic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /daɪ(j)əˈɹɛtɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk
• Homophones: diarrhetic, diaeretic

Adjective

diuretic (comparative more diuretic, superlative most diuretic)

1. (medicine, pharmacology) Increasing the amount or frequency of urination.

Derived terms

• diuretically

Translations

increasing urination

Belarusian: мачаго́нны (mačahónny), дыўрэты́чны (dyŭretýčny) Catalan: diürètic (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 利尿 (lei6 niu6) Mandarin: 利尿 (zh) (lìniào) Min Nan: 利尿 (zh-min-nan) (lī-jiō, lī-liō) Czech: diuretické, močopudné Finnish: diureettinen (fi) French: diurétique (fr) Middle French: diuretique Old French: diuretique Galician: diurético (gl) m German: harntreibend (de), diuretisch (de) Hungarian: vízhajtó Maori: whakamimi Norwegian: Bokmål: vanndrivende (no) Polish: moczopędny (pl), diuretyczny (pl) Portuguese: diurético (pt) Romanian: diuretic (ro) Russian: мочего́нный (ru) (močegónnyj), диурети́ческий (ru) (diuretíčeskij) Spanish: diurético (es) Turkish: diüretik Ukrainian: сечогі́нний (sečohínnyj), діурети́чний (diuretýčnyj)

Noun

diuretic (plural diuretics)

1. (medicine, pharmacology) A drug or a substance that increases the rate of urine excretion.

Coordinate terms

• carminative
• laxative

Derived terms

• loop diuretic

Translations

drug

Chinese: Cantonese: 利尿劑, 利尿剂 (lei6 niu6 zai1) Mandarin: 利尿劑／利尿剂 (zh) (lìniàojì) Czech: diuretikum n Finnish: diureetti (fi) French: diurétique (fr) m Middle French: diuretique m Old French: diuretique m Galician: diurético (gl) m German: harntreibendes Mittel n, Diuretikum (de) n Greek: διουρητικό (el) n (diouritikó) Hungarian: vízhajtó Maori: rongoā whakamimi Polish: diuretyna f Portuguese: diurético (pt) m Turkish: diüretik

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Romanian

Etymology

From French diurétique, from Latin diureticus.

Adjective

diuretic m or n (feminine singular diuretică, masculine plural diuretici, feminine and neuter plural diuretice)

1. diuretic

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