Oliguria

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A decreased production in the volume of urine. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    production of an abnormally small amount of urine wordnet
  3. 3
    abnormally small production of urine; can be a symptom of kidney disease or obstruction of the urinary tract or edema or an imbalance of fluids and electrolytes in the body wordnet

Etymology

From olig- + -uria, from Ancient Greek ὀλίγοι (olígoi, “few”) + Latin -ūria, from Ancient Greek -ουρία (-ouría), from οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).

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