urinary tract infection
One of the commonest reasons for an antibiotic prescription, and a diagnosis that rests on symptoms rather than on a urine test alone.
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492 matchesallopurinol
Starting it can set off an attack, because a shifting uric acid level disturbs crystals already sitting in a joint.
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A substance being studied in the treatment of certain types of cancer, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma, breast, colon, lung, ovarian, and prostate.
Read definitiongenitourinary system
Two jobs that have little in common are grouped as one system because the organs doing them grow from the same embryonic tissue.
Read definitionpurine
Half the alphabet of the genetic code, and the reason uric acid builds up and triggers a gout attack.
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(Other name for: mercaptopurine)
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A nucleoside analog.
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An anticancer drug being studied to stop cell growth.
Read definitiontin ethyl etiopurpurin
An anticancer drug that is also used in cancer prevention.
Read definitionBence Jones protein
Free antibody light chains spilling into the urine, and the reason a reassuring dipstick reading can sit on top of heavy protein loss.
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The bladder is a muscular, expandable organ that stores urine between the kidneys and the urethra until it is released from the body.
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One word covering procedures that share nothing but a tube: draining a bladder and steering a wire into the heart both qualify.
Read definitionhematuria
Color is a poor guide here, since beets and some medicines redden urine while a serious cause may leave it looking normal.
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A suffix from the surgeon's vocabulary: the structure named in front of it has been stitched back together with sutures.
Read definition5-alpha reductase inhibitor
A substance that blocks an enzyme needed by the body to make dihydrotestosterone (a male sex hormone made from testosterone).
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5HIAA.
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AAP most often abbreviates alanine aminopeptidase, a kidney tubular enzyme measured in urine, though the identical letters separately denote a well known pediatric professional organization.
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A human monoclonal antibody that is being used to treat colorectal cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.
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A preventer rather than a reliever, blocking one specific chemical pathway of asthma instead of damping inflammation broadly.
Read definitionacetic acid
Concentration decides everything: the same molecule flavors food, whitens abnormal tissue during an examination, and burns skin as an industrial liquid.
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