Question | Answer |
Failure of the kidneys to produce urine. | ANURIA |
The presence of bilirubin in the urine. | BILIRUBINURIA |
The passing of a sterile catheter through the urethra and into the bladder to remove urine. | BLADDER CATHETERIZATION |
The presence of glucose in the urine. | GLYCOSURIA |
The presence of ketone bodies in the urine. | KETONURIA |
An accumulation of large amounts of ketone bodies in the tissues and body fluids. | KETOSIS |
The act of voiding urine. | MICTURITION |
The functional unit of a kidney | NEPHRON |
Decreased or scanty output of urine. | OLIGURIA |
The unit that describes the acidity or alkalinity of a solution. | pH |
Increased output of urine. | POLYURIA |
The presence of protein in the urine. | PROTEINURIA |
The inability to empty the bladder; urine is produced normally but is not being voided | RETENTION |
The concentration at which a substance in the blood that is not normally excreted by the kidneys begins to appear in the urine. | RENAL THRESHOLD |
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 measurement of the amount of dissolved substances present in the urine compared with the same amo | SPECIFIC GRAVITY |
The clear liquid tha remains at the top after a precipitate settles. | SUPERNATANT |
The passing of a sterile needle through the abdominal wall into the bladder to remove urine. | SUPRAPUBIC ASPIRATION |
The physical, chemical, and microscopic analysis of urine. | URINALYSIS |
To empty the bladder. | VOID |
Secretion and passage of large amounts of urine | DIURESIS |
Difficult or painful urination. | DYSURIA |
The condition of having to urinate often | FREQUENCY |
Blood present in the urine | HEMATURIA |
Excessive (voluntary) urination during the night | NOCTURIA |
Inability of an individual to control urination at ngiht during sleep (bedwetting) | NOCTURNAL ENURESIS |
The presence of pus in the urine | PYRUIA |
The immediate need to urinate. | URGENCY |
The inability to retain urine. | URINARY INCONTINENECE |
Involuntary loss of drops of urine | DRIBBLING |
Notched or scalloped; as in the "crenated" condition of blood cells | CRENATED |
Difficulty in starting (initiating) the flow or urine | HESITANCY |
Inflammation of the bladder | CYSTITIS |
Otherwise invisible or hidden | OCCULT |
Kidney stones formed from chemicals in the urine forming crystals (stones) that stick together | RENAL CACCULI |
Products normally in urine and excreted; retained in blood; toxic condition; associated with renal failure | UREMIA |
Substance(s) settling at the bottom of a liquid | SEDIMENT |
Yellow pigment given off from the breakdown of hemoglobin; gives urine its yellow color) | UROCHROME |
Narrowing of passageway interfering with movement of substances through it | STRICTURE |
Urinary tract infection | UTI |