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Urine cass notes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Enuresis | involuntary discharge of urine |
| hesistancy | involuntary delay in when pee comes out |
| frequency | urinating small amounts of pee frequently |
| urgency | unnatural great urge to urinate |
| anuria | Inability of the kidney to produce urine |
| oliguria | abnormally low urine output |
| diuresis | increased production of excretion of urine |
| polyuria | abnormally large volume of urine being produced |
| diuretic | Substance that makes you pee more frequently |
| Escherichia coli | most prominent bacteria in the urinary tract |
| nephr- | Kidney |
| electrolytes | ions in urine and blood |
| bladder cancer | malignant tumor in bladder |
| renal cell carcinoma | Cancer in the renal cells of the kidney (Most common type of kidney cancer in adults) |
| kidney stone | hardened mineral deposit that forms in the kidney |
| nephropathy | any kidney disorder |
| optosis | displaced |
| -sclerosis | hardened |
| stricture | constriction |