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HHS Genitourinary Sy
Diagnostic, Symptomatic, and Related Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anuria | absence of urine production or urianry output |
| bladder neck obstruction (BNO) | Blockage at the base of the bladder that reduces or prevents urine from passing into the urethra |
| chronic renal failure | Renal failure that occurs over a period of years, in whcih the kidneys lose their ability to maintain volume and composition of body fluids with normal dietary intake |
| dysuria | Painful or difficult urnation, commmonly described as a "burning sensation" while urinating |
| enuresis | Involuntary discharge of urine; also called incontinence |
| fistula | Abnormal passage from a hollow organ to the surface or from one organ to another |
| frequency | Voiding urine at frequent intervals |
| hesitancy | Involuntary delay in initiating urination |
| nocturia | Excessive or frequent urination after going to bed |
| oliguria | Diminshed capactiy to form and pass urine, resulting in inefficient excretion of the end products of metabolism |
| urgency | Feeling of the need to void immediately |
| anorchidism | congenital absence of one or both testes; also called anorchia or anorchism |
| aspermia | Failure to form or ejaculate semen |
| balanitis | Inflammation of the skin covering the glans penis |
| epispadias | Malformation in which the urethra opens on the dorsum of the penis |
| erectile dysfunction (ED) | Repeated inability to initiate or maintain an erection sufficient for sexual intercourse |
| hydrocele | Accumalation of serous fluid in a saclike cavity, especially the testes and associated structures |
| hypospadias | developmental anomaly in which the urethra opens on the underside of the penis or, in extreme cases, on the perineum |
| phimosis | Stenosis or narrowing of preputial orifice so that the foreskin cannot be retracted over the glans penis |
| sterility | Inability to produce offspring; in the male, inability to fertilize the ovum |
| variocele | Swelling and distension of veins of the spermatic cord |
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