urinary : Idioms & Phrases


urinary apparatus

  • noun the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine
    genitourinary apparatus; urogenital apparatus; systema urogenitale; urogenital system; apparatus urogenitalis; urinary apparatus; genitourinary system.
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urinary bladder

  • noun a membranous sac for temporary retention of urine
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Urinary calculus

  • noun a calculus formed in the kidney
    nephrolith; kidney stone; renal calculus.
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  • (Med.), a concretion composed of some one or more crystalline constituents of the urine, liable to be found in any portion of the urinary passages or in the pelvis of the kidney.
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urinary hesitancy

  • noun difficulty in beginning the flow of urine; associated with prostate enlargement in men and with narrowing of the urethral opening in women; may be caused by emotional stress in either men or women
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urinary incontinence

  • noun inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination
    enuresis.
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urinary organ

  • noun an organ that separates waste substances from the blood and discharges them
    excretory organ.
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Urinary pigments

  • (Physiol. Chem.), certain colored substances, urochrome, or urobilin, uroerythrin, etc., present in the urine together with indican, a colorless substance which by oxidation is convertible into colored bodies.
Webster 1913

urinary retention

  • noun holding urine in the urinary bladder
    • he has a problem with urinary retention
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urinary system

  • noun the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine
    genitourinary apparatus; urogenital apparatus; systema urogenitale; urogenital system; apparatus urogenitalis; urinary apparatus; genitourinary system.
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urinary tract

  • noun the organs and tubes involved in the production and excretion of urine
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urinary tract infection

  • noun any infection of any of the organs of the urinary tract
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