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URINARY TRACT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The organs and tubes involved in the production and excretion of urine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("urinary tract" is a kind of...):
tract (a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose)
Meronyms (parts of "urinary tract"):
kidney (either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine)
urinary bladder (a membranous sac for temporary retention of urine)
ureter (either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder)
urethra (duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct)
Holonyms ("urinary tract" is a part of...):
apparatus urogenitalis; genitourinary apparatus; genitourinary system; systema urogenitale; urinary apparatus; urinary system; urogenital apparatus; urogenital system (the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine)
Context examples:
A synthetic quinolone and antibacterial agent with urinary tract antiseptic activity.
(Nalidixic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
Melanomas may also arise in other anatomic sites including the gastrointestinal system, eye, urinary tract, and reproductive system.
(Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The area that includes the urinary tract and reproductive organs.
(Genito-Urinary Region, NCI Thesaurus)
In humans, this bacteria is most commonly responsible for wound infections, urinary tract infections, bacteremia, diarrhea, and pleural infections.
(Escherichia fergusonii, NCI Thesaurus)
A reactive metaplastic change in the urinary tract epithelium.
(Nephrogenic Metaplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
An inflammation of the bladder which is not caused by an infection of the urinary tract.
(Non-Infectious Cystitis, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by inflammation of the bladder which is not caused by an infection of the urinary tract.
(Non-Infectious Cystitis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
Nifurtoinol is bactericidal to most gram-positive and gram-negative urinary tract pathogens.
(Nifurtoinol, NCI Thesaurus)
E. gergoviae is a common nosocomial pathogen, causing urinary tract infections.
(Enterobacter gergoviae, NCI Thesaurus)
P. micra is commensal to the human mouth, gastrointestinal tract and female genito-urinary tract, but may become pathogenic.
(Parvimonas micra, NCI Thesaurus)
