glycosuria
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.16 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The presence of sugars (especially glucose) in the urine, often as a result of diabetes mellitus
Countable; Uncountable
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s) Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English glycose Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der. Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō) Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron) Ancient Greek -ουρία (-ouría)bor. New Latin -ūriabor. English -uria English glycosuria From glycose + -uria.