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URINALYSIS (urinalyses)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does urinalysis mean? 

URINALYSIS (noun)
  The noun URINALYSIS has 1 sense:

1. (medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis)play

  Familiarity information: URINALYSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


URINALYSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

uranalysis; urinalysis

Hypernyms ("urinalysis" is a kind of...):

diagnosing; diagnosis (identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon)

chemical analysis; qualitative analysis (the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements)

Domain category:

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)


 Context examples 


The urinalysis reveals the presence of white cells.

(Acute bacterial prostatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Laboratory test findings including, but is not limited to hematology, clinical chemistry and urinalysis data.

(Laboratory Data Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

For lab procedures, categoryCode may = "hematology", "urinalysis", or "chemistry".

(Defined Activity Category Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Diagnostic tests include CT scan, MRI, angiography, and EEG to locate and evaluate the extent of the hemorrhagic or ischemic damage in the brain parenchyma, coagulation studies, complete blood count, comprehensive metabolic panel, and urinalysis.

(Cerebrovascular accident, NCI Thesaurus)

A person with professional knowledge and competence in the field of medical technology that involves performing, advising on, or supervising clinical laboratory testing of human specimens, fluids and tissues, establishing and monitoring quality control systems and measures; developing data which may be used in clinical setting and in support of medical research in such areas as hematology, bacteriology, mycology, virology, parasitology, immunology, serology, immunohematology, clinical chemistry, endocrinology and toxicology, and urinalysis as they relate to clinical laboratory practice.

(Medical Technologist, NCI Thesaurus)



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