Sign or Symptom
polyuria Audio
pol·y·u·ri·a [ pol-ee-yoo r-ee-uh ]
Subclass of:
Urological Manifestations; Urination Disorders
Definitions related to polyuria:
  • An increased rate of urine production.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • Excessive or frequent urination.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Excessive urination.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • Urination of a large volume of urine with an increase in urinary frequency, commonly seen in diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES INSIPIDUS).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Polyuria is urine output of > 3 L/day; it must be distinguished from urinary frequency, which is the need to urinate many times during the day or night but in normal or less-than-normal volumes. Either problem can include nocturia.
    Merck Manuals
    Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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