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Preferred term

Urethral Obstruction  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • do not confuse with URETERAL OBSTRUCTION, especially in Romance languages: see note on "ureteral" & "urethral" under URETERAL DISEASES; URETHRAL STRICTURE is also available

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 79

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • obstructio urethrae
  • uretran obstruktio
  • uretran tukkeuma
  • uretran tukos
  • uretraobstruktio
  • uretratukkeuma
  • uretratukos
  • virtsaputken obstruktio
  • virtsaputken tukkeuma
  • virtsaputken tukos
  • virtsaputkiobstruktio
  • virtsaputkitukkeuma
  • virtsaputkitukos
  • Swedish

  • Uretraobstruktion

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014524

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