isosthenuria /isos·then·uria/ (i″sos-thin-ūr´e-ah) excretion of urine that has not been concentrated by the kidneys and has the same osmolality as that of plasma.
isosthenuria (ī´sōsth
nyoo´rē),
isosthenuria
i·sos·the·nu·ri·a ( -s s th -n r  -, s -sth -)n. A condition in chronic renal disease in which the kidneys cannot form urine with a higher or a lower specific gravity than that of protein-free plasma. |
isosthenuria (ī´sōsth
nyoo´rē),n the excretion of urine with fixed specific gravity. It may occur in terminal renal disease when the specific gravity reaches that of the glomerular filtrate, 1.010.
isosthenuria
maintenance of a constant osmolality of the urine, regardless of changes in osmotic pressure of the blood.
isosthenuria
Nephrology The excretion of urine with the same osmolality as plasma
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