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natriuretic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables
na-tri-uret-ic
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to natriuresis.

noun

Any substance that inhibits the reabsorption of cations, especially sodium, from urine.

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from natriuresis + -etic = natr- + -i- + uresis + etic; the combining forms are ultimately from New Latin natrium (“sodium”) + Ancient Greek οὔρησις (oúrēsis, “a making water”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more natriuretic (comparative) most natriuretic (superlative) natriuretics (plural)

Derived Forms

antinatriuretic

Phrases

atrial natriuretic peptide -ritide

Questions

What does natriuretic mean?
Of or pertaining to natriuresis.
Where does natriuretic come from?
From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from natriuresis + -etic = natr- + -i- + uresis + etic; the combining forms are ultimately from New Latin natrium (“sodium”) + Ancient Greek οὔρησις (oúrēsis, “a making water”).

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