Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the urinary tract and urogenital system.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as urinology.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) See uronology.

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  • noun medicine The surgical specialty of medicine that treats disorders of the urinary tract and the urogenital system.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the urinary tract or urogenital system

Etymologies

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uro- + -logy

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