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Descriptor
English
:
Urethral Obstruction
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Obstrucción Uretral
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Obstrução Uretral
Tree Number:
C12.777.767.700
C13.351.968.767.700
Definition
English
:
Partial or complete blockage in any part of the
URETHRA
that can
lead
to difficulty or inability to empty the
URINARY BLADDER
. It is characterized by an enlarged, often damaged, bladder with frequent urges to void.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
do not confuse with
URETERAL OBSTRUCTION
, especially in Romance languages: see note on "ureteral" & "urethral" under
URETERAL DISEASES
;
URETHRAL STRICTURE
is also available
History Note
English
:
79
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
14923
Unique Identifier:
D014524
Occurrence in VHL
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