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