Definition of "uraemia" []

• Variant of uremia. (noun)

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• "An attack of uraemia, by no means serious, had led to his being ordered to rest."
• "Medically, however little hope there might be of setting any limit to this attack of uraemia, it did not do to tire the kidneys."
• "In itself, uraemia is not necessarily fatal, but this case seems to me desperate."