uremia
noun
uremia is spelled U-R-E-M-I-A: 6 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, uremia means “Blood poisoning resulting from the retention of waste products usually excreted as urine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of uremia is uremias.
How many letters and syllables are in uremia?
| Letters | 6: U-R-E-M-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is uremia?
Uremia appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce uremia?
- US
Uremia has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sapaa-uremia.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of uremia
- uremias plural
- uraemia
- uræmia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does uremia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Blood poisoning resulting from the retention of waste products usually excreted as urine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Uremia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense blood poisoning due to retention of waste products:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does uremia come from?
From Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).