Category: U

Inflammation of a ureter, caused by infection or the passage of a stone. Inflammation of the ureter. This usually occurs in association with inflammation of the bladder, particularly if caused by vesicoureteric reflux. Tuberculosis of the urinary tract can also cause ureteritis, which progresses to stricture formation. The inflammation of the ureter.  

A catheter passed through the ureter to the kidney, to inject an opaque solution into the kidney before taking an X-ray.  

A kidney stone in the ureter.  

The surgical removal of a ureter. Surgical removal of a ureter. This usually includes removal of the associated kidney as well. If previous nephrectomy has been performed to remove a kidney destroyed by vesicoureteric reflux or because of a tumor of the renal pelvis, subsequent ureterectomy may be necessary to cure reflux into the stump…

Referring to the ureters.  

One of the two tubes which take urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder. Either of a pair of thick-walled tubes, about 12 inches (30 centimeters) long, that transport urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder. One of two small tubes that drain urine from the kidneys to the bladder. The tube that…

The act of passing urine. The act of expelling urine; urination.  

A condition in which uric acid leaves the blood and enters connective tissue. The escape of uric acid from the blood into spaces in the connective tissue. The unintended flow of urine from the bladder into the nearby tissues, typically occurring in cases of pelvic fractures accompanied by a ruptured bladder.  

An enzyme which converts urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide. An enzyme which hydrolyses urea to ammonia, carbon dioxide and water. It is present in soya-bean, soya proteins, and several DALS and grams, and is destroyed by moist heat treatment. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea to ammonia and carbon dioxide. An enzyme…

The presence of excessive amounts of urates in the urine, e.g. in gout. Presence of uric acid salts in toe urine, especially their presence in abnormally large amounts, as in gout. Main breakdown product of proteins and the form in which nitrogen is excreted from the body in the urine. The presence in the urine…