Finding
urinary retention
[ yoo r-uh-ner-ee ri-ten-shuhn ]
Subclass of:
Urination Disorders
Definitions related to urinary retention:
  • Accumulation of urine within the bladder because of the inability to urinate.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Inability to completely empty the bladder with urination.
    NICHD Pediatric Terminology
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Inability to completely empty the urinary bladder during the process of urination.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • Inability to empty the URINARY BLADDER with voiding (URINATION).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A disorder characterized by accumulation of urine within the bladder because of the inability to urinate.
    Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
    U.S. National Institutes of Health, 2021
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