-uria Definition
yyo͝orēə
suffix
The condition of having a specified substance in the urine.
Aciduria.
American Heritage
The condition of having a specified kind of urine.
Polyuria.
American Heritage
(pathology) Urine.
Wiktionary
affix
A condition of the urine, esp. one related to a disease, often indicated by the presence of a (specified) substance in the urine.
Glycosuria, albuminuria.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A taxonomic genus within the family Alcidae — the guillemots.
Wiktionary
Origin of -uria
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From the Latin -Å«ria, from the Ancient Greek -ουρία (-ouria), from οὖρον (ouron, “urine").
From Wiktionary
New Latin -ūria from Greek -ouriā from ouron urine
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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ModL < Gr -ouria < ouron, urine
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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