urethro-, urethr-
(Greek: urethra, a slitlike tube conveying urine from the internal urethral orifice of the bladder)
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.
ankylurethria
cystourethrography
Radiography of the bladder and urethra during voiding, following filling of the bladder with a radiopaque contrast medium either by intravenous injection or retrograde catheterization.
urethra
urethral
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-
urethrectomy
urethrism
urethritis
urethrocutaneous
urethrocystitis
urethrocystography
A pathological description of the urethra and the urinary bladder.
urethrocystometry
Pain in the urethra (tube that conveys urine from the bladder to the outside): Dr. Smith examined Tom because it was agonizing for hem to urinate, and said that he had a condition of urethrodynia involving a case of a exually transmitted infection
A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, indirectly, or partially with: "opening, hole, cavity, tract": alveolo-; antro-; anu-; celo-; coelio-; concho-; fenestra-; hernio-; hiat-; meato-; ora-; parieto-; poro-; pyl-, pyle-; pylor-; sphinctero-; splanchn-; stomato-; syringo-; uretero-; vagino-; ventricul-.
