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renal threshold

[′rēn·əl ′thresh‚hōld]
(physiology)
A concentration of a substance within the blood which, when reached, causes the substance to appear in the urine.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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