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accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine

accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine

An autointoxication occurring in certain cases of nephritis or in anuria from any cause; it is not known what the toxic agent or agents may be, whether toxic substances normally formed in the body and excreted in the urine or some new substance formed in consequence of the altered metabolism. The symptoms are chiefly nervous-headache, vomiting, dyspnea, insomnia, delirium, convulsions, and coma.

Urea in the blood causing blood poisoning.

See Uraemia.

A poisoned state of the blood due to defective elimination of the elements of urine, and the condition resulting from this retention; characterized by stupor, urinous breath, and (especially in lying-in women) by convulsions. [Gr.]