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myoglobinuria

noun/ˌmaɪəˌɡləʊbɪˈnjʊərɪə/

C2CEFR level
94/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The presence of the muscle pigment myoglobin in the urine, typically following muscle breakdown.

The tea-coloured urine of myoglobinuria after his crush injury heralded impending acute kidney injury.

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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