What it means
The combining form for urine and the organs that make and carry it. Urology is the medical field of the urinary tract, a urinalysis is a urine test, and urinateYOOR-ih-naytTo pass urine out of the body; to empty the bladder.urin/o urine-ate to doFull entry is passing urine. As -uria at the end of a word it names something about urine: oliguriaol-ih-GYOOR-ee-uhMaking less urine than normal, in an adult below about 400 mL a day.olig/o few, scantur/o urine-ia conditionFull entry (little urine), nocturianok-TOOR-ee-uhWaking up at night to urinate, more than once or more than is usual for the person.noct/i nightur/o urine-ia conditionFull entry (urine at night), dysuria (painful urination), hematuria (blood in the urine).
At a glance
| Also written | urin/o, urino-, uro- |
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Related terms
oliguria
Making less urine than normal, in an adult below about 400 mL a day.
pyel/o
A word part that means the renal pelvis, the funnel-shaped space in the kidney where urine collects.
nocturia
Waking up at night to urinate, more than once or more than is usual for the person.
urethr/o
A word part that means the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body from the bladder.
urinate
To pass urine out of the body; to empty the bladder.