photuria

English

Etymology

Formed as phot- +‎ -uria; equivalent to the Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) + οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: fōtyo͝oəʹrĭə, IPA^(key): /fəʊˈtjʊəɹɪə/

Noun

photuria (uncountable)

(obsolete, rare, medicine, specifically pathology) Luminous or phosphorescent urine.
- 1855, John Watt; Charles Watt, editors, The Chemist, volume 2, page 695:
  Various animal matters possess an acid reaction; urine, sweat, some portions of dead bodies, whether of men or animals have been luminous, and the presence of this microscopic algæ is the long mistaken cause of photuria.

References

“‖photuria” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]
Path. (fəʊˈtjʊərɪə) [mod.L., f. Gr. φῶς, φωτ- light + οὖρον urine.]
“†photuria, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Dec. 2008]
Med. Obs. rare ^— º. [< photo- comb. form + -uria comb. form.]

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.