diuretic

Meaning

Adj

Increasing the amount or frequency of urination.

Noun

A drug or a substance that increases the rate of urine excretion.

Synonyms

diuretic drug

water pill

dieresis

urinary

drug to increase urine output

urinative

Translations

diurétique

diuretico

diurético

Diuretikum

harntreibend

diurético

διουρητικός

διουρητικό

diureticum

diuretisch

harntreibendes Mittel

Diurético

Diuréticos

müdrir

بيل

Pronounced as (IPA)

/daɪ(j)əˈɹɛtɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: diuretyk

In summary

From Middle English diuretyk, from Old French diuretique; ultimately from Ancient Greek διουρητικός (diourētikós). By surface analysis, diuresis + -etic.