Question | Answer |
bacteriuria: | more than 105 colonies of bacteria per milliliter of urine |
cystectomy: | removal of the urinary bladder |
cystitis: | inflammation of the urinary bladder |
frequency: | voiding more often than every 3 hours |
ileal conduit: | transplantation of the ureters to an isolated section of the terminal ileum, with one end of the ureters brought to the abdominal wall |
interstitial cystitis: | inflammation of the bladder wall that eventually causes disintegration of the lining and loss of bladder elasticity. |
micturition: | voiding or urination |
neurogenic bladder: | bladder dysfunction that results from a disorder or dysfunction of the nervous system; may result in either urinary retention or bladder overactivity, resulting in urinary urgency and urge incontinence |
nocturia: | awakening at night to urinate |
overflow incontinence: | involuntary urine loss associated with overdistention of the bladder due to mechanical or anatomic bladder outlet obstruction |
prostatitis: | inflammation of the prostate gland |
pyelonephritis: | inflammation of the renal pelvis |
pyuria: | white blood cells in the urine |
residual urine: | urine that remains in the bladder after voiding |
suprapubic catheter: | a urinary catheter that is inserted through a suprapubic incision into the bladder |
ureterosigmoidostomy: | transplantation of the ureters into the sigmoid colon, allowing urine to flow through the colon and out the rectum |
ureterovesical or vesicoureteral reflux: | backward flow of urine from the bladder into one or both ureters |
urethritis: | inflammation of the urethra |
urethrovesical reflux: | backward flow of urine from the urethra into the bladder |
urinary incontinence: | involuntary or uncontrolled loss of urine from the bladder sufficient to cause a social or hygienic problem |
urosepsis: | sepsis resulting from infected urine, most often a UTI |