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Urogenital
Urogenital Pertaining to both the urinary and genital structures; genitourinary.
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Genital
Having to do with the sex organs.
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Urogenital sinus
In embryology, an elongated sac or funnel that precedes the differentiation of the external genitalia. In some types of hermaphroditism its differentiation fails to reach completion so that it constitutes a birth defect of the external genital orifice(s).
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Univariate
Accounted for or explained as having been determined, produced, or caused by only one variable.
Urethralism
The condition or activity of achieving sexuoerotic arousal through stimulation of the urinary urethra by means of insertions of rubber cathethers, rods, objects, fluids, ballbearings, and even long flexible cathether-like electrodes ("sparklers"). This activity may be part of a paraphilic rubber catheter fetish, a sadomasochistic repertory, sexuoerotic experimentation and variety, or activity the result of anatomic ignorance as urethral intercourse has been described wherein a case of infertility was due to the insertion of the husband's penis into the wifes urethra rather than the vagina.
Urethroplasty
Plastic surgery to construct an artificial urinary canal or urethra in a penis so as to correct a birth defect or an injury.
Urinary fistula
An abnormally located opening of the urinary passageway, as when the two edges of a surgical repair fail to join along their full length.
Urethral stricture
Contraction or closure of the urethra, as when scar tissue contracts following urethral surgery.
Urogenital
Urogenital sinus
In embryology, an elongated sac or funnel that precedes the differentiation of the external genitalia. In some types of hermaphroditism its differentiation fails to reach completion so that it constitutes a birth defect of the external genital orifice(s).
Ungual
Having to do with the nails.
Uremia
The buildup in the blood of substances normally eliminated in the urine.
Ureter
A narrow tube that transfers urine from the kidney to the bladder.
Urinary bladder
The organ that serves as a temporary storage place for urine. Also called the bladder.
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