Azotemia

Introduction: Azotemia

Description of Azotemia

Azotemia: High levels of nitrogen compounds such as urea in the blood.

Azotemia: accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Azotemia: A biochemical abnormality referring to an elevation of BLOOD UREA NITROGEN and $CREATININE$. Azotemia can be produced by KIDNEY DISEASES or other extrarenal disorders. When azotemia becomes associated with a constellation of clinical signs, it is termed UREMIA.
Source: MeSH 2007

Azotemia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Azotemia:

• Abnormal
• Abnormal pain (6 causes)
• Increase
• Urea
• Nitrogenous
• Blood (1783 causes)
• Blood symptoms (2297 causes)
• Blood disease
• Blood disorder

Terms associated with Azotemia:

Terms Similar to Azotemia:

• uremia
• uraemia
• azotaemia

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Azotemia

• pathology

Source - WordNet 2.1

The following terms can be used for Azotemia

• uremia

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Azotemia

The following list attempts to classify Azotemia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• pathology
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

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