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Definition: Urinalysis |
UrinalysisNoun1. The chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Examination of urine by chemical, physical, or microscopic means. Routine urinalysis usually includes performing chemical screening tests, determining specific gravity, observing any unusual color or odor, screening for bacteriuria, and examining the sediment microscopically. (references) |
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Synonym: UrinalysisSynonym: uranalysis (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Examination, diagnosis, diagnostics; analysis, urinalysis, biopsy, radiology. |
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Crosswords: Urinalysis |
| Specialty definitions using "urinalysis": EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGIST. (references) |
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 | U.S. Army. Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C. : Interior view- Laboratory Urinalysis Room. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | U.S. Naval Hospital, Corona, CA. : Urinalysis, Main Laboratory. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Urinalysis is the examination of urine for various cells and chemicals. (references) | |
In the urinalysis test, the urine is examined for white and red blood cells and bacteria. (references) | ||
Tests for systemic diseases include blood counts, urinalysis, lipid profile, and measurements of creatinine and liver enzymes. (references) | ||
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| "Urinalysis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Urinalysis" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "urinalysis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | изследване на урината. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 尿分析. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ionogram van de urine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پیشاب سنجی , تجزیه شیمیاءی ادرار. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | virtsan elektrolyyttien pitoisuudet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ionogramme urinaire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Harnuntersuchung (urine test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ιοντόγραμμα ούρων, ουροανάλυση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vizeletvizsgálat (water test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | esame elettrolitico delle urine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 検尿 , 尿の検査 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | にょうのけ"さ, け"にょう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | feyshtey mooiney, feayl-scoltey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inalysisuray анализ мочи. (various references) ionograma urinario. (various references) idrar tahlili (uranalysis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "urinalysis" (pronounced yer'una"lusus) |
| 8 | -u n a" l u s u s | analysis, psychoanalysis. |
| 6 | -a" l u s u s | dialysis. |
| 5 | -l u s u s | electrolysis, hydrolysis. |
| 4 | -u s u s | antithesis, archdiocese, diocese, Genesis, hypothesis, metamorphosis, morphogenesis, nemesis, organogenesis, photosynthesis, psoriasis, synthesis. |
| 3 | -s u s | acidosis, amniocentesis, apotheosis, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, axis, catharsis, census, cirrhosis, colossus, consensus, crisis, diagnosis, fibrosis, geotaxis, glacis, heterosis, homeostasis, hypnosis, meiosis, misdiagnosis, Narcissus, necrosis, nephrosis, neurofibromatosis, neurosis, nexus, phototaxis, plexus, preadolescence, proboscis, prognosis, prosthesis, psychokinesis, psychosis, rhesus, sclerosis, symbiosis, synopsis, Tarsus, telexes, Texas, thesis, thrombosis, tuberculosis, versus. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-i-l-n-r-s-s-u-y" | |
-2 letters: insulars. | |
-3 letters: insular, rainily, raisins, raisiny, uranyls, urinals. | |
-4 letters: airily, inlays, lunars, lysins, raisin, riyals, sarins, snails, snarls, snarly, synura, unlays, unsays, uranyl, urials, urinal, yulans. | |
-5 letters: airns, anils, arils, arsis, aryls, auris, ayins, inlay, lairs, laris, liars, liras, lunar, lunas, lysin, lysis, lyssa, nails, naris, nisus, nurls, rails, rains, rainy, ranis, rials, risus. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-i-l-n-r-s-s-u-y" | |
+4 letters: parsimoniously. | |
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