Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

hiperuricemia

English translation:

hyperuricemia

Added to glossary by David Meléndez Tormen
Jun 25, 2001 20:37
23 yrs ago
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Spanish term

hiperuricemia

Spanish to English Medical
One in a list of ailments associated with obesity. Is it hypoglycemia?

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Hyperuricemia

The following is a page on a paper about hyperuricemia with the title in Spanish and English and a definition (in Spanish) of what hyperuricemia is:

"LA HIPERURICEMIA EN LAS AFECCIONES CARDIACAS Y RENALES

Nashville, EE.UU.

[American Journal of Kidney Diseases 33(2):225-234, Ref.: 82, Feb 1999]

Institución/es participante/s en la investigación:
Division of Nephrology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle; Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt, Nashville, EE.UU.

Autor/es:
Johnson RJ, Kivlighn SD, Kim Y-G y colaboradores.

Título original:
[Reappraisal of the Pathogenesis and Consequences of Hyperuricemia in Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease, and Renal Disease]
Título original en castellano:
Revaloración de la Patogenia y las Consecuencias de la Hiperuricemia en la Hipertensión, la Enfermedad Cardiovascular y la Enfermedad Renal


Introducción La hiperuricemia (HU) suele asociarse con los accesos gotosos en sujetos obesos que consumen cantidades apreciables de alcohol, pero no suele ser tenida en cuenta en aquellos individuos con hipertensión arterial (HA) o enfermedades cardiovasculares, en l as cuales ni siquiera es considerada como factor de riesgo por el Comité de Acuerdos Nacionales VI (JNC VI)."
(http://www.siicsalud.com/dato/dat013/99804002.htm)

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hyperuricemia

Definitely *not* hypoglycemia.

see

http://www.ndif.org/Terms/hyperuricemia.html

DEFINITION:

Excess of uric acid or urates in the blood; it is a prerequisite for the development of gout and may lead to renal disease.

The definitions used in this glossary of terminology either have been provided by the authors of the articles, or have been extracted wholly or in part, or paraphrased from the following sources: The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine, Charles B. Clayman, MD, Medical Editor, Random House, New York, 1989; Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 28th Edition, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1994; The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged Edition, 1966; Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, 1991.


Reference:

see above

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renal and heart failure due to obesity

I agree with the definition already given. Medically these illnesses are associated with over-weight (obesity) problems.
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uricemia

just fyi, hyperuricemia=uricemia=an excess of uric acid in the blood (as in gout). adjective is hyperuricemic

ie, hyperuricemia and uricemia are exact synonyms referring to the same condition.
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