also retention of urine)

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• retention — 1. The keeping in the body of what normally belongs there, especially the retaining of food and drink in the stomach. 2. The keeping in the body of what normally should be discharged, as urine or feces. 3. Retaining that which has been learned so …   Medical dictionary

• retention — n. inability to pass urine, which is retained in the bladder. The condition may be acute and painful or chronic and painless. Acute urinary retention (AUR) can be precipitated by surgery, urinary infection, constipation, and drugs; spontaneous… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Urinary retention — with greatly enlarged bladder at CT. ICD 10 R33 ICD 9 …   Wikipedia

• renal system — ▪ anatomy Introduction  in humans (human body), organ system that includes the kidneys, where urine is produced, and the ureters, bladder, and urethra for the passage, storage, and voiding of urine.       In many respects the human excretory, or… …   Universalium

• syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary

• Diuretic — This illustration shows where some types of diuretics act, and what they do. A diuretic provides a means of forced diuresis which elevates the rate of urination. There are several categories of diuretics. All diuretics increase the excretion of… …   Wikipedia

• Urination — Manneken Pis, bronze sculpture in Brussels, Belgium Urination, also known as micturition, voiding, peeing, weeing, pissing, and more rarely, emiction, is the ejection of urine from the urinary bladder through the urethra to the outside of the… …   Wikipedia

• reproductive system disease — Introduction       any of the diseases and disorders that affect the human reproductive system (reproductive system, human). They include abnormal hormone production by the ovaries or the testes or by other endocrine glands, such as the pituitary …   Universalium

• Catheter — disassembled In medicine, a catheter (pronounced /ˈkæθɪtər/) is a tube that can be inserted into a body cavity, duct, or vessel. Catheters thereby allow drainage, administration of fluids or gases, or access by surgical instruments. The… …   Wikipedia

• Forced diuresis — (increased urine formation by diuretics and fluid) may enhance the excretion of certain drugs in urine and is used to treat drug overdose or poisoning of these drugs and hemorrhagic cystitis. [Chemotherapy and biotherapy guidelines and… …   Wikipedia

• priapism — priapismic, adj. /pruy euh piz euhm/, n. 1. Pathol. continuous, usually nonsexual erection of the penis, esp. due to disease. 2. prurient behavior or display. [1580 90; PRIAP(US) + ISM] * * * ▪ pathology       a persistent, painful erection of… …   Universalium