urin-, urino-, uric-, urico-, uri-, -uria, -urea, -ure
(Latin: water, rain, wet; urine)
hemoglobinuria, hemoglobinuric
1. Hemoglobin in the urine.
2. The presence of free hemoglobin in the urine.
hidroid
Pertaining, or referring, to sweating or to a sweat gland.
homaluria
1. Excretion in the urine of any stubstance at a constant rate, or production of urine itself at a constant rate.
2. Productin and excretion of urine at a normal, even rate.
hyponeuria
lipaciduria
1. The presence of fatty acids in the urine.
2. Urinary excretion of fatty acids, which is increased in ketoacidosis.
lipasuria
The presence of lipase in the urine. Increased lipasuria reflects pancreatic disease, although it also may be present in diffuse renal diseases. It is said that it is not a practical diagnostic test.
lipiduria
The presence of lipids in the urine, as neutral fat bodies floating in the urine, oval fat bodies which appear yellow or black under reduced light and which may be single or aggregated, casts with inclusion fat or fatty cells.
lipuria
The presence of oil or fat in the urine.
lithuresis
1. Excess urinary excretion of uric acid.
2. The passage, usually painless, of tiny calculi (gravel) during urination.
mucinuria
Presence of mucin in the urine, suggesting vaginal contamination.
noctalbuminuria
1. The presence of excessive amounts of albumin in the urine secreted during the night.
2. Presence of albumin only in night urine.
nocturia
An excessive urination at night, possibly due to excessive fluid intake before going to bed, prostatic disease, urinary tract infection, or impaired renal function that results in excretion of urine with a low specific gravity; also nycturia.
nycturia
Frequent urination during the night; especially, the passage of more urine at night than during the day; nocturia.
oligohydruria
Excretion of small quantities of urine, as seen in dehydration.
oliguria, oliguresis
Scanty urine excretion.
It may occur in acute renal failure, dehydration, shock, congestive heart failure, and urinary tract obstruction in the urethra, in bilateral ureteral obstruction, or in unilateral renal obstruction if only one kidney is functional.
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