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HEMATURIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The presence of blood in the urine; often a symptom of urinary tract disease

Synonyms:

haematuria; hematuria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

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

haematocyturia; hematocyturia (the presence of red blood cells in the urine)

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 Context examples: 

Chronic form of glomerulonephritis characterized by recurring hematuria with only slight proteinuria and by deposits of IMMUNOGLOBULIN A in the mesangial areas of the renal glomeruli.

(IgA Nephropathy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Clinical presentation includes hematuria and dysuria.

(Bladder Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients are usually asymptomatic and occasionally they may present with hematuria or flank pain.

(Mucinous Tubular and Spindle Cell Carcinoma of the Kidney, NCI Thesaurus)