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DIURETIC

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water

Synonyms:

diuretic; diuretic drug; water pill

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A benzothiadiazine sulfonamide belonging to the class of the thiazide diuretics.

(Paraflutizide, NCI Thesaurus)

A sulfamoylbenzoic acid belonging to the class of loop diuretics.

(Piretanide, NCI Thesaurus)

A loop diuretic and active metabolite of its prodrug etozoline.

(Ozolinone, NCI Thesaurus)

A spironolactone derivative and a potent aldosterone antagonist on mineralocorticoid biosynthesis with diuretic activity.

(Oxprenoate, NCI Thesaurus)

A long acting, quinazoline-based sulfonamide thiazide-like, diuretic.

(Metolazone, NCI Thesaurus)

A potent, long acting diuretic useful in chronic renal disease.

(Metolazone, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Niravoline inhibits the scretion of the the antiduretic hormone vasopressin thereby causing a diuretic effect.

(Niravoline, NCI Thesaurus)

Ambuside is structurally similar to thiazide type diuretics and acts in a similar manner.

(Ambuside, NCI Thesaurus)

A pyrimidinedione-based diuretic and isomer of aminometradine with less toxicity.

(Amisometradine, NCI Thesaurus)

The study reinforces growing concerns about the risk and possible benefits of diuretics, which are one of the most commonly prescribed classes of medications in the neonatal intensive care unit.

(Diuretic therapy for extremely preterm infants does not alleviate respiratory problems, National Institutes of Health)