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DIURETIC

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Dictionary entry overview: What does diuretic mean?

• DIURETIC (noun)
The noun DIURETIC has 1 sense:

1. any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine

Familiarity information: DIURETIC used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DIURETIC (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

diuretic; diuretic drug; water pill

Hypernyms ("diuretic" is a kind of...):

drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diuretic"):

chlorthalidone; Hygroton; Thalidone (a diuretic (trade names Hygroton and Thalidone) used to control hypertension and conditions that cause edema; effective in lowering blood pressure to prevent heart attacks)

Edecrin; ethacrynic acid (diuretic (trade name Edecrin) used to treat edema)

furosemide; Lasix (commonly used diuretic (trade name Lasix) used to treat hypertension and edema)

indapamide; Lozal (diuretic (trade name Lozal) used in the treatment of hypertension)

mannitol; Osmitrol (a diuretic (trade name Osmitrol) used to promote the excretion of urine)

thiazide (any of a group of drugs commonly used as diuretics in the treatment of hypertension; they block the reabsorption of sodium in the kidneys)

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