Preferred Name |
Diuretic |
ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C448 |
ALT_DEFINITION |
A drug that increases the production of urine. |
CHEBI_ID |
CHEBI:35498 |
code |
C448 |
DEFINITION |
A class of agents that increases the production of urine by the kidney. Via various mechanism of actions, diuretics retain water in urine, thus provides a means of forced diuresis. |
FULL_SYN |
Diuretics |
label |
Diuretic |
Legacy_Concept_Name |
Diuretic |
Preferred_Name |
Diuretic |
prefixIRI |
C448 |
prefLabel |
Diuretic |
Semantic_Type |
Chemical Viewed Functionally |
UMLS_CUI |
C0012798 |
subClassOf |