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Of or pertaining to a vulture; resembling a vulture in qualities or looks; as, the vulturine sea eagle (Gypohierax Angolensis); vulturine rapacity. The vulturine nose, which smells nothing but corruption, is no credit to its possessor. C. Kingsley.

A cabassou.

Excess of acetone in the urine, as in starvation or diabetes.

A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.

which ammonia is formed, as that by which urea is converted into ammonium carbonate when urine is exposed to the air.

Nonsecretion or defective secretion of urine; ischury.

rn apple. It is remarkable for its power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also daturine.

Excess of urea or other nitrogenous substances in the urine.

inged musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fingers and hands.

inged musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fingers and hands.

rom benzoin, and some other balsams, by sublimation or decoction. It is also found in the urine of infants and herbivorous animals. It crystallizes in the form of white, satiny flakes; its odor is aromatic; its taste is pungent, and somewhat acidulous. -- Benzoic aldehyde, oil of bitter almonds; the aldehyde, C6H5.CHO…

om which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste.

atory in character, and distinguished by the occurrence of albumin and renal casts in the urine. Several varieties of Bright's disease are now recognized, differing in the part of the kidney involved, and in the intensity and course of the morbid process.

to sound by dropping the lead to the botton. -- To cast the water (Med.), to examine the urine for signs of disease. [Obs.]. -- To cast up. (a) To throw up; to raise. (b) To compute; to reckon, as the cost. (c) To vomit. (d) To twit with; to throw in one's teeth.

tubular instrument to be introduced into the bladder through the urethra to draw off the urine. Eustachian catheter. See under Eustachian. -- Prostatic catheter, one adapted for passing an enlarged prostate.

mmate; a chum. -- Chamber hangings, tapestry or hangings for a chamber. -- Chamber lye, urine. Shak. -- Chamber music, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or chuch. -- Chamber practice (Law.), the practice of counse…

See Neurine.

A morbid condition in which the urine contains chyle or fatty matter, giving it a milky appearance.

d from the latter by the action of acids, and occurring naturally in muscle tissue and in urine. [Written also kretinine.]

as a constituent of certain rare urinary calculi, and occasionally found as a sediment in urine.