| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | na·tri·u·re·sis |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  n  tr -y -r  s s |
| NOUN: | Excretion of excessive amounts of sodium in the urine. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin natri rsis : natrium, sodium (from French natron, natron; see natron) + rsis, urination (from Greek oursis, from ourein, to urinate; see uretic). | | OTHER FORMS: | natri·u·retic (-r tk) —ADJECTIVE
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