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Bonewit Chapt#16
Urinalysis(KaylonTackett)
Term | Definition |
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Anuria | failure of the kidneys |
Bilirubinuria | The presence of bilirubin in the urine |
Bladder cauterization | The passing of a sterile catheter through the urethra and into the bladder to remove urine |
Diuresis | Secretion and passage of large amounts of urine |
Dysuria | Difficult or painful urination |
Frequency | The condition of having to urinate often |
Ketonuria | The presence of ketone bodies in the urine |
Ketosis | An accumulation of large amounts of ketone bodies in the tissues and body fluids |
Micturition | the act of voiding urine |
Nephron | The functional unit of the kidney |
Nocturia | Excessive Voluntary urination during the night |
Nocturnal enuresis | Inability of an individual to control urination at night during (sleep bedwetting) |
Oliguria | Decreased or scanty output of urine |
pH | The unit that describes the acidity or alkalinity of a solution |
Polyuria | Increased output of urine |
Proteinuria | The presence of protein in the urine |
Hematuria | Blood present in the urine |
Glycosuria | The presence of glucose in the urine |
Pyuria | The presence of pus in the urine |
Supernatant | The clear liquid that remains at the top after a precipitate settles |
Suprapubic aspiration | The passing of a sterile needle through The abdominal wall into the bladder to remove urine |
Urgency | The immediate need to urinate. |
Urinalysis | The physical chemical and microscope analyses of urine |
Urinary incontinence | The inability to retain urine |
Void | To empty the bladder |
Retention | The inability to empty the bladder The urine is being produced normally but is not being voided |
Renal threshold | The concentration at which a substance in the blood that is normally excreted by the kidneys begins to appear in the urine |
specific gravity | the weight of a substance compared with the weight of an equal volume of a substance known as the standard; in urinalysis, it refers to the measurement of the amount of dissolved substances present in the urine compared with the same amount of distilled w |