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salt wasting

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salt wasting

n.

A condition in which there is an inappropriately large renal excretion of salt despite the body's apparent need to retain it.

salt wasting,

inappropriate sodium excretion in the urine (natriuresis) with hyponatremia and hyperkalemia. See also salt-losing nephritis.

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