uremia
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- n accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine
- When the kidneys fail to work and there is no hope of starting them up again, the resulting uremia is fatal in about three weeks.
- Louis Nazaire Cardinal Begin, 85, Archbishop of Quebec, Catholic primate of Canada; in Quebec, of uremia followed by paralysis.
- Anthony Joseph ("Dandy Tony") Drexel, 70, European socialite, onetime Philadelphia banker; of uremia; in Manhattan.