urethro-, urethr-

An apparatus for visual examination of the urethra after dilatation by air: An aerourethroscope distends theurethra, the tube through which urine passes through to the outside of the body, with air and is performed for medical inspection.

Visual examination of the urethra when distended with air: After Dr. Thompson used his aerourethroscope, he studied optically the aerourethroscopy to determine Tom's disorder.

A constriction, a closure, a adhesion of the urethra: In the condition of a ankylurethria, the patency of the urethra is partly or completely blocked by a scarred stricture.

Radiography of the bladder and urethra: Before a cystourethrography can be made, the bladder must be filled with a radiopaque contrast medium either by intravenous injection or retrograde catheterization.

The tube or duct from which urine flows out of the body, and in male placental mammals, the duct from which semen is ejaculated: The length of the urethra is different in males and females, in which the length of the male urethra is about 7 or 8 inches, and that of the female is about 1.5 inches.

Regarding the urethra: Jack read about urethra tubes which were the ducts that carried urine from the bladder to the outside of a person's body.

Pain in the urethra (the canal that conveys urine from the bladder to the exterior of the body): Urethralgia can occur through a sexually transmitted infection, local irritation from the use of soaps, or from a urinary tract infection, among other causes-

In surgery, the removal of part of, or all of the male urethra: One reason for a urethrectomy is urethra cancer.

Aggregation or irritation of the urethra: A case of urethrism is caused by Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), like gonorrhea.

An infection of the urethra: In medical school, Peter learned about some non-infectious origins of urethritis that can cause irritations, like soap, lotions, or spermatids.

Pertaining to the urethra and the skin of the penis: A urethrocutaneous fistula is an unusual or abnormal tube that links the urethra to the outside of the skin, like the penis or perineum, and in many cases a complication following an operation

A swelling and soreness of both the urethra and the urinary bladder, occurring at the same time: Some symptoms of urethrocystitis are noted to be a painful feeling during urination, often and urgent need to urinate, and a clear fluid (white or yellow in color) coming from the urethra.

A pathological description of the urethra and the urinary bladder: An X-ray examination is used for a urethrocystography to scrutinize the urethra and urinary bladder which uses a contrast medium to locate difficulties in the lower urinary tract.

A diagnostic procedure in medicine that assesses are record the pressure inside the urinary bladder and the urethra; urethrocystometrography: A urethrocystometry simultaneously combines pressure readings from the bladder and the tube leading from it.

Pain in the urethra (tube that conveys urine from the bladder to the outside): Dr. Smith examined Tom because urinating was agonizing and painful for him, and he was told that he had a condition of urethrodynia involving a case of a sexually transmitted infection