microhematuria

Etymology

From micro- + hematuria.

microhematuria means the presence of very small amounts of blood in the urine. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

The presence of very small amounts of blood in the urine“At the early stage, AS patients manifest with microhematuria and the GBM appears as normal under electron microscopy; in advanced patients, proteinuria develops and the GBM shows distinct structural changes; such as attenuation, thicken, layering or splitting [14 ].”