Compounds that increase urine volume by increasing the amount of osmotically active solute in the urine. Osmotic diuretics also increase the osmolarity of plasma.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D004234
altLabel
Osmotic Diuretics
Osmotic Diuretic
Diuretic, Osmotic
AQL
AD AE AG AI AN BL CF CH CL CS EC HI IM IP ME PD PK PO RE SD ST TO TU UR
cui
C0012800
DC
1
definition
Compounds that increase urine volume by increasing the amount of osmotically active solute in the urine. Osmotic diuretics also increase the osmolarity of plasma.