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Word of the week: diuretic

\Di`u*ret"ic\, n. A substance or drug that tends to increase the discharge of urine.Application: "(Sydney's Daily Telegraph) labelled Warne the "stupid spinner", after he was sent home from the tournament in South Africa on Tuesday following revelations he had tested positive for a banned diuretic drug in Sydney last month."

 
 

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