English words starting with uro

Meanings of Uro:

Relating to urine or the urinary organs.

Usage examples:

Urogenital

Meanings of Urochord:

noun

A notochord that is confined to or present in the tail region, especially as characteristic of certain tunicates (urochordates).

Meanings of Urochordate:

noun

A marine invertebrate of the group urochordata, which comprises the tunicates.

Usage examples:

Chordates are divided into urochordates, cephalochordates, and vertebrates.

adjective

Relating to or denoting urochordates.

Usage examples:

This suggests that the disruption observed is specific to the urochordate lineage.

Meanings of Urochords:

noun

A notochord that is confined to or present in the tail region, especially as characteristic of certain tunicates (urochordates).

Meanings of Urodela:

plural noun

An order of amphibians that comprises the newts and salamanders, which retain the tail as adults.

Usage examples:

There are more than 4,000 species of modern amphibians in three orders; in addition to the anura, t…

Meanings of Urodele:

noun

An amphibian of the order urodela ; a newt or salamander.

Meanings of Urogenital:

adjective

Relating to or denoting both the urinary and genital organs.

Usage examples:

The plate section at the end contains illustrations of the alimentary, cardiovascular, respiratory,…

Meanings of Urokinase:

noun

An enzyme produced in the kidneys which promotes the conversion of plasminogen to plasmin and can be used to dissolve blood clots.

Usage examples:

Tissue plasminogen activator and, to a lesser degree, urokinase are serine proteases which convert …

Meanings of Urolagnia:

noun

A tendency to derive sexual pleasure from the sight or thought of urination.

Meanings of Urolithiasis:

noun

The formation of stony concretions in the bladder or urinary tract.

Usage examples:

Key words used included kidney stones, urinary calculi, urolithiasis, urinary tract stones, and nep…

Meanings of Urologist:

noun

A doctor who specializes in the study or treatment of the function and disorders of the urinary system.

Usage examples:

He will have to wait two months to see a urologist

Meanings of Urologists:

noun

A doctor who specializes in the study or treatment of the function and disorders of the urinary system.

Usage examples:

He will have to wait two months to see a urologist

Meanings of Urology:

noun

The branch of medicine and physiology concerned with the function and disorders of the urinary system.

Usage examples:

Ten of the participants worked on specialty teams, including urology, orthopedic, neurology, vascul…

Meanings of Uropod:

noun

The sixth and last pair of abdominal appendages of lobsters and related crustaceans, forming part of the tail fan.

Usage examples:

By examining collected animals after the mission was over dr. caldwell discovered other species of …

Meanings of Uropods:

noun

The sixth and last pair of abdominal appendages of lobsters and related crustaceans, forming part of the tail fan.

Usage examples:

By examining collected animals after the mission was over dr. caldwell discovered other species of …

Meanings of Uropygial:

noun

An organ of the body or of a plant that secretes (= produces) liquid chemicals that have ...

Meanings of Uropygium:

noun

The rump of a bird, supporting the tail feathers.

Usage examples:

The extent of white also on the uropygium varies much in individual examples, sometimes spreading d…

Meanings of Uroscopy:

noun

The diagnostic examination of urine by simple inspection.

Usage examples:

His charge for uroscopy is given, along with the cost for medicines administered to those gravely i…

Meanings of Urostyle:

noun

A long bone formed from fused vertebrae at the base of the vertebral column in some lower vertebrates, especially frogs and toads.

Usage examples:

The caudal vertebrae have been fused into a single rod-shaped skeletal element (the urostyle or coc…

Meanings of Urostyles:

noun

A long bone formed from fused vertebrae at the base of the vertebral column in some lower vertebrates, especially frogs and toads.

Usage examples:

The caudal vertebrae have been fused into a single rod-shaped skeletal element (the urostyle or coc…