| anterior urethritis | Inflammation of the portion of the urethra anterior to the triangular ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| gonorrhoeal urethritis | Infection of the urethra usually in association with a purulent discharge due to Neisseria gonorrhoeae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| granular urethritis | <urology> Chronic urethritis with nodular lymphocytic infiltrations in the mucosa. Synonym: granular urethritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior urethritis | Inflammation of the membranous and prostatic portions of the urethra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simple urethritis | Urethritis not resulting from gonococcal, chlamydial, or other specific infectious agents. Synonym: simple urethritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| specific urethritis | An obsolete term for gonorrhoea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nongonococcal urethritis | <microbiology, urology> Urethritis not resulting from gonococcal infection. Venereally transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common cause. (05 Mar 2000) |
| non-specific urethritis | Urethritis not resulting from gonococcal, chlamydial, or other specific infectious agents. Synonym: simple urethritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urethritis | <pathology, urology> Inflammation of the urethra. (18 Nov 1997) |
| urethritis petrificans | Urethritis, sometimes of gouty origin, in which there is a deposit of calcareous matter in the wall of the urethra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| urethritis venerea | An obsolete term for gonorrhoea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| follicular urethritis | <urology> Chronic urethritis with nodular lymphocytic infiltrations in the mucosa. Synonym: granular urethritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| malum coxae senile | <orthopaedics> Deformity of the head of the femur caused by ischemic damage. Synonym: senile hip disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary senile dementia | <disease> A progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterised by loss of function and death of nerve cells in several areas of the brain leading to loss of cognitive function such as memory and language. The cause of nerve cell death is unknown but the cells are recognised by the appearance of unusual helical protein filaments in the nerve cells (neurofibrillary tangles) and by degeneration in cortical regions of brain, especially frontal and temporal lobes. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia. (22 May 1997) |
| senile | Of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristic of, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age; as, senile weakness. "Senile maturity of judgment. <medicine> " Senile gangrene, a form of gangrene occuring particularly in old people, and caused usually by insufficient blood supply due to degeneration of the walls of the smaller arteries. Origin: L. Senilis, from senex, gen. Senis, old, an old man: cf. F. Senile. See Senior. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |