Uremic
/jʊəˈriːmɪk/noun
Relating to or affected by the presence of waste products in the blood due to kidney failure.
Did you know?Uremic comes from *urea*, the nitrogen waste first isolated from urine, so the word literally grew out of the chemistry of bodily purification and failure.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
ouron
“urine”
Late Latin
Latin
urina
“urine”
18th Century
French
urée
“urea, the crystalline compound isolated from urine”
19th Century
English
urea
“the chief nitrogenous waste compound in urine”
19th Century
English
uremic
“relating to or caused by urea or the toxic condition associated with it”