Flashcards: Urology

In men, postorgasmic illness syndrome (POIS) is a rare disease which, immediately following ejaculation, can cause severe muscle pain throughout the body, as well as other symptoms which can be cognitive, psychological, or physiological.

In medicine, pyuria /paɪjʊəˈriːə/ is the condition of urine containing white blood cells or pus.

In medicine, specifically urology, dysuria refers to painful urination.

Ejaculation is the discharge of semen (normally containing sperm) from the male reproductory tract, usually accompanied by orgasm.

In medicine, hematuria, or haematuria, is the presence of red blood cells (erythrocytes) in the urine.

Hematospermia, the presence of blood in semen, is most often a benign symptom.

The pubococcygeus muscle or PC muscle is a hammock-like muscle, found in both sexes, that stretches from the pubic bone to the coccyx (tail bone) forming the floor of the pelvic cavity and supporting the pelvic organs.

Kidney transplantation or renal transplantation is the organ transplant of a kidney into a patient with end-stage renal disease.

Renal colic is a type of abdominal pain commonly caused by kidney stones.

Urination is the release of urine from the urinary bladder through the urethra to the urinary meatus outside of the body.

Lithotomy from Greek for "lithos" (stone) and "tomos" (cut), is a surgical method for removal of calculi, stones formed inside certain organs, such as the kidneys (kidney stones), bladder (bladder stones), and gallbladder (gallstones), that cannot exit naturally through the urinary system or biliary tract.

Dapoxetine, marketed as Priligy and Westoxetin, among and other brands, is the first compound developed specially for the treatment of premature ejaculation (PE) in men 18–64 years old.

Urostealith is a fatty or resinous substance identified by the Austrian chemist J.

Sexual health clinics specialize in the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections.

Pneumoscrotum is a rare medical condition in which gas accumulates in the scrotum.