azotaemia

Questions about azotaemia

What does azotaemia mean?

azotaemia means "accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine".

How many syllables are in azotaemia?

azotaemia has 6 syllables and divides as a-zo-ta-e-mi-a under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for azotaemia?

Close synonyms include uremia, uraemia, azotemia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is azotaemia a common word?

azotaemia is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.