urinary : Idioms & Phrases
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urinary apparatus
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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
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noun a membranous sac for temporary retention of urine
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Urinary calculus
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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.
Webster 1913
urinary hesitancy
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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
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noun inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination
enuresis.
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urinary organ
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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
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noun holding urine in the urinary bladder
- he has a problem with urinary retention
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urinary system
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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
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noun the organs and tubes involved in the production and excretion of urine
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urinary tract infection
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noun any infection of any of the organs of the urinary tract