urology

English

Etymology

uro- +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʊəˈɹɒlədʒi/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

urology (countable and uncountable, plural urologies)

1. (medicine) The surgical specialty of medicine that treats disorders of the urinary tract and the urogenital system.

Coordinate terms

• nephrology (both concern the urinary tract, but nephrology specializes in the kidney's biochemical and microanatomical function)

Related terms

• urologic
• urological
• urologist

 

Translations

branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system

• Catalan: urologia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泌尿外科 (mìniào wàikē), 泌尿科 (zh) (mìniàokē), 泌尿器學／泌尿器学 (mìniàoqìxué)

• Czech: urologie (cs) f
• Danish: urologi c
• Dutch: Urologie f
• Finnish: virtsaelintautioppi, urologia (fi)
• French: urologie (fr) f
• Galician: uroloxía (gl) f
• German: Urologie (de) f
• Hungarian: urológia (hu)
• Italian: urologia (it) f
• Japanese: 泌尿器科 (ja) (ひにょうきか, hinyōkika)
• Korean: 비뇨기과(泌尿器科) (binyogigwa)
• Polish: urologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: urologia (pt) f
• Romanian: urologie (ro) f
• Russian: уроло́гия (ru) f (urológija)
• Spanish: urología (es) f
• Swedish: urologi (sv) c
• Vietnamese: khoa tiết niệu
• Volapük: yurinav