diuretic

di·uret·ic

adj \ˌdī-yə-ˈre-tik\

Definition of DIURETIC

: tending to increase the excretion of urine <diuretic drugs>

— diuretic noun

— di·uret·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Origin of DIURETIC

Middle English duretik, diuretic, from Late Latin diureticus, from Greek diourētikos, from diourein to urinate, from dia- + ourein to urinate — more at urine

First Known Use: 14th century

Other Physiology Terms

eructation, flux, gustatory, menarche, myopia, senescence, torpor

Rhymes with DIURETIC

alphabetic, anesthetic, apathetic, arithmetic, asyndetic, copacetic, diabetic, diarrhetic, diathetic, dietetic, digenetic, diphyletic, empathetic, energetic, epithetic, geodetic, homiletic, Masoretic, nomothetic, sympathetic, synergetic, synesthetic