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-uria

A word ending that means a condition of the urine or of urinating.

YOOR-ee-uh suffix

What it means

The ending in words about urine. Dysuria is painful urination, hematuria is blood in the urine, polyuria is passing large amounts, oliguria is passing little, anuriaan-YOOR-ee-uhMaking little or no urine: less than about 50 to 100 mL in 24 hours in an adult.an- without-uria urineFull entry is passing almost none, and nocturia is getting up at night to urinate. Proteinuria and glycosuria are protein and sugar in the urine.

Related terms

dys-

A word beginning that means difficult, painful or not working normally.

hem/o

A word part that means blood.

urinate

To pass urine out of the body; to empty the bladder.

anuria

Making little or no urine: less than about 50 to 100 mL in 24 hours in an adult.

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