Difference between Azotemia and Uremia

What is the difference between Azotemia and Uremia?

Azotemia as a noun is the accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (such as urea) that are usually excreted in the urine while Uremia as a noun is blood poisoning resulting from the retention of waste products usually excreted as urine.

Azotemia

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (such as urea) that are usually excreted in the urine

Uremia

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Blood poisoning resulting from the retention of waste products usually excreted as urine.

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