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HHS Genitourinary Sy
Diagnostic, Symptomatic, and Related Terms
Question | Answer |
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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 |