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Where does “albuminuria” come from?

Albuminuria derives from English albumin combined with English -uria, where albumin comes from French albumine, from Latin albumen meaning "white of an egg," from Latin albus meaning "white."

albuminuria (English): The presence of albumin in the urine, often a...

Definitions

  1. The presence of albumin in the urine, often a...

Ancestry of “albuminuria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalbuminAny of a class of monomeric proteins that are...
2EnglishalbumenThe white part of an egg; being mostly the...
3Latinalbūmen—
4LatinAlbus—
5Proto-Italicalβoswhite
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite

Words derived from “albuminuria”

  • microalbuminuria
  • macroalbuminuria
  • normoalbuminuria
  • macroalbuminuric
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