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DIURETIC

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• 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.

• 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)

"Everything's eventual."
(English proverb)
"The drunk ones will sober up, but the mad ones will not clever up"
(Breton proverb)
"A book is like a garden carried in the pocket."
(Arabic proverb)
"Little by little the measure is filled."
(Corsican proverb)

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Meaning of Hygroton
Meaning of Edecrin
Meaning of ethacrynic acid
Meaning of furosemide
Meaning of Lasix

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