| A | B |
|---|
| catheter | a tube used to drain or inject fluid |
| catheterization | the process of inserting a catheter |
| dysuria | painful or difficult (dys) urination (uria) |
| Foley catheter | indwelling catheter |
| functional incontinence | the person has bladder control but con't use the toilet in time |
| hematuria | blood (hemat) in the urine (uria) |
| indwelling catheter | a catheter left in the bladder so urine drains constantly into a drainage bag; foley catheter |
| micturition | urination |
| mixed incontinence | the combination of stress incontinence and urge incontinence |
| nocturia | frequent urination (uria) at night (noct) |
| oliguria | scant amount (olig) of urine (uria); less than 500 mL in 24 hours |
| overflow incontinence | small amounts of urine leak from a full bladder |
| polyuria | abnormally large amounts (poly) of urine (uria) |
| reflex incontinence | urine is lost at predictable intervals when the bladder is full |
| straight catheter | a catheter that drains the bladder and then is removed |
| stress incontinence | when urine leaks during exercise and certain movements that cause pressure on the bladder |
| transient incontinence | temporary or occasional incontinence that is reversed when the cause is treated |
| urge incontinence | the loss of urine in response to a sudden, urgent need to void; the person cannot get to a toilet in time |
| urinary frequency | voiding at frequent intervals |
| urinary urgency | the need to void at once |
