A medical condition in which carbohydrates, especially glucose, are found in abnormally high amounts in the urine.
From 'carbohydrate' plus '-uria' (from Greek 'ouron' meaning urine). Developed as a medical diagnostic term in the late 19th century when doctors could identify what substances appeared in patients' urine.
Finding glucose in urine is one of the oldest diagnostic clues for diabetes—centuries before blood tests, physicians literally tasted urine to diagnose the disease, with high glucose giving it a sweet taste.
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