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isosthenuria

noun/ˌaɪsɒsθɪˈnjʊərɪə/

C2CEFR level
99/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The excretion of urine whose osmolality is fixed at that of plasma, reflecting a lost capacity to concentrate or dilute.

Isosthenuria with a urine osmolality stuck near 300 confirmed advanced tubular dysfunction.

Topic: Renal & urinary in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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