Question | Answer |
Anuria | Failure of the kidneys to produce urine. |
Bilirubinuria | The presence of bilirubin in the urine. |
Bladder catheterization | The passing of asterile 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. |
Glycosuria | The presence of glucose in the urine. |
Hematuria | Blood present in the urine. |
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. |
Pyuria | The presence of pus in the urine. |
Rental threshold | The concentration at which a substance in the blood that is not normally excreted by the kidneys begins to appear in the urine. |
Retention | The inability to empty the bladder. The urine is being produced normally but is not being voided. |
Specific gravity | The weight of a substance compared with the weight of an equal volume of a substance known as the standard. In urinalysis, the specific gravity refers to the mesurement of the amount of dissolved substance present in the urine compared with the same amoun |
Supernatant | The clear liquid that reamins 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 microscopic analyses of urine. |
Urinary incontinence | The inability to retain urine. |
Void | To empty the bladder. |
Dribbling | Involuntary loss of drops of urine. |
Hesitncy | Difficulty in starting the flow of urine. |
UTI | Urinary tract infection. |
Cystitis | Ingimation of the bladder. |
Renal calculi | Kidney Stones. |
Stricture | Narrowing of the passage way that interferes with substance through it. |
Urenia | Products normally in the urine and excreeded out. (toxic) |
Urochrome | Yellow pigment givin off in break down of hemoglonin. |
Occult | Invisible or hidden. |
Sediment | Substance(s) that settles at the bottom of liquid. |
Crenated | Notched or scalloped,reference blood cells. |