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What (who) is sparing - definition
SUBCLASS OF DIURETICS THAT LIMITS THE SECRETION OF POTASSIUM INTO THE URINE
Potassium-retaining diuretics; Potassium-sparing diuretics; Potassium-retaining diuretic; Potassium-sparing; Potassium sparing diuretic; K+ sparing diuretic; Potassium sparing diuretics; Potassium-sparing agent
sparing
Someone who is sparing with something uses it or gives it only in very small quantities.
Her sparing use of make-up only seemed to enhance her classically beautiful features...
ADJ
• sparingly
Medication is used sparingly...
ADV: ADV after v
Sparing
·adj Spare; saving; frugal; merciful.
II. Sparing ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Spare.
sparing
a.
1.
Scanty, little, scarce.
2.
Spare, abstemious, meagre, scanty.
3.
Frugal, saving, chary, parsimonious, economical.
4.
Merciful, compassionate, forgiving, lenient.
Wikipedia
Potassium-sparing diuretic
Potassium-sparing diuretics refers to drugs that cause diuresis without causing potassium loss in the urine. They are typically used as an adjunct in management of hypertension, cirrhosis, and congestive heart failure. The steroidal aldosterone antagonists can also be used for treatment of primary hyperaldosteronism. Spironolactone, a steroidal aldosterone antagonist, is also used in management of female hirsutism and acne from PCOS or other causes.
Examples of use of sparing
1. Democrats have charged cronyism in sparing Libby jail time.
2. The precision also helps with nerve–sparing techniques.
3. EDT: President Bush commutes Libby‘s sentence, sparing him from a 2–year prison term.
4. Perhaps in Britain we should take fewer baths and be sparing in our use of hosepipes.
5. It‘s something serious to note that Naxals are not sparing even popular tribal leaders," Prasad remarked.