isothenuria
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Introduction
Inability to concentrate urine associated with chronic renal disease. The kidney is unable to form urine with a high or lower specific gravity than that of protein-free plasma. The specific gravity of urine thus becomes fixed at about 1.010, regardly of fluid intake or state of hydration.
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References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995