Hypertext Webster Gateway: "diuretic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diuretic \Di`u*ret"ic\, a. [L. diureticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to make
water; ? through + ? to make water, fr. ? urine: cf. F.
diur['e]tique.] (Med.)
Tending to increase the secretion and discharge of urine. --
n. A medicine with diuretic properties.
{Diuretic salt} (Med.), potassium acetate; -- so called
because of its diuretic properties.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
diuretic
n : any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine [syn:
{diuretic drug}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.