| ureidosuccinic acid | NH2CONHCH(COOH)CH2COOH; N-carbamoylaspartic acid;a precursor of the pyrimidines. Synonym: N-carbamoylaspartic. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| urelcosis | Ulceration of any part of the urinary tract. Origin: G. Ouron, urine, + helkosis, ulceration (05 Mar 2000) |
| uremigenic | 1. Of uraemic origin or causation. 2. Causing or resulting in uraemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ureohydrolases | <enzyme> Registry number: EC 3.5.3. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ureotele | An organism that is ureotelic; e.g., primates. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ureotelia | The process or type of nitrogen excretion in which urea is the primary end product. Origin: urea + G. Telos, end, outcome, + -ia (05 Mar 2000) |
| ureotelic | Describes an organism that excretes excess nitrogen as urea. (09 Oct 1997) |
| urerythrin | <physiology> A reddish urinary pigment, considered as the substance which gives to the urine of rheumatism its characteristic colour. It also causes the red colour often seen in deposits of urates. See: 1st Uro-, and Erythrin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| uresiesthesia | The desire to urinate. Synonym: uriesthesia. Origin: G. Ouresis, a urinating, + aisthesis, sensation (05 Mar 2000) |
| uresis | Synonym: urination. Origin: G. Ouresis (05 Mar 2000) |
| ureter | The tube passing from each kidney to the bladder for the conveyance of urine. Its average length is 25 to 30 centimetres. (27 Sep 1997) |
| ureteral | Relating to the ureter. Synonym: ureteric. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ureteral branches | Branches distributed to the ureter. Although not listed by Nomina Anatomica, ureteric branches also rise regularly from the 1) abdominal aorta, 2) common iliac artery, and 3) internal iliac artery. Ureteric branches from the inferior vesical artery are constant in occurrence and supply the terminal portion of the ureter. Synonym: rami ureterici, ureteral branches. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ureteral calcification | <radiology> Calculi, schistosomiasis, TB (12 Dec 1998) |
| ureteral calculi | Calculi of the ureter. The calculus in the ureter is usually the result of the passage of one originating in the kidney. It occurs usually in mid-life, rarely in children; it occurs more frequently in males than females. (12 Dec 1998) |