‖ phosphaturia Path.
(fɒsfəˈtjʊərɪə)
[f. phosphate n. (or mod.L. phōsphāt-um) + -ūria, f. Gr. οὖρον urine.]
A morbid state evidenced by the excess of phosphates in the urine. Hence phosphaˈturic a.
| 1876 Harley Mat. Med. (ed. 6) 92 Hydrochloric acid may be used in phosphaturia. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 254 Much the same symptoms as the polyuric and phosphaturic classes. 1899 J. Cagney tr. Jaksch's Clin. Diagn. vii. (ed. 4) 378 A phosphatic sediment does not imply phosphaturia. |