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{{Short description|Excess of nitrogen-rich compounds in the blood due to kidney dysfunction}}
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'''Azotemia''' ({{ety||azot|nitrogen||[[wikt:-aemia|-emia]]|blood condition}}), also spelled '''azotaemia''',  is a medical condition characterized by abnormally high levels of [[nitrogen]]-containing compounds (such as [[urea]], [[creatinine]], various [[Excretory system|body waste]] compounds, and other nitrogen-rich compounds) in the [[blood]]. It is largely related to insufficient or dysfunctional filtering of [[blood]] by the [[kidney]]s.<ref name=robbins7>{{Cite book |author1=Kumar, Vinay |author2=Fausto, Nelson |author3=Fausto, Nelso |author4=Robbins, Stanley L. |author5=Abbas, Abul K. |author6=Cotran, Ramzi S. | title=Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease | year=2005 | edition=7th| publisher=Elsevier Saunders | location=Philadelphia, Pa. | isbn=0-7216-0187-1 | pages=960, 1012}}</ref> It can lead to [[uremia]] and [[acute kidney injury]] (kidney failure) if not controlled.