Urinary Elimination Terms

Question	Answer
No urine voided or 24-hour urine output less than 50 mL	Anuria
Painful or difficult urination	Dysuria
Excessive output of urine (diuresis)	Polyuria
Scanty or greatly diminished amount of urine voided in a given time; 24-hour urine output is less than 400 mL	Oliguria
Presence of sugar in the urine	Glycosuria
Presence of protein in the urine	Proteinuria
Pus in the urine; urine appears cloudy	Pyuria
Stoppage of urine production	Suppression
Urine is produced normally but is not excreted completely from the bladder.	Urinary retention
Involuntary loss of urine	Urinary incontinence
Strong desire to void	Urinary urgency
Capable of causing damage to the kidneys	Nephrotoxic
Awakening at night to urinate	Nocturia
Urinating during sleep or bedwetting	Enuresis
People whose bladders are no longer controlled by the brain because of injury or disease	Autonomic bladder
The process of emptying the bladder through the urethra and out of the body	Urination; Voiding; Micturition
Bacteria in the urine	Bacteriuria
Blood in the urine	Hematuria
Targeting the pelvic floor muscles (muscles that are contracted to stop urinating in midstream or to control defecation) with a regular routine of tightening and relaxing	Kegel exercises
Sudden decline in kidney function	Acute renal failure
End result of irreparable damage to the kidneys, developing slowly over many years	Chronic renal failure
Mechanical way of filtering waste from the blood for patients who experience severely decreased or total loss of kidney function	Dialysis

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	Created by Michelle Gaddis over 6 years ago