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Descriptor English: Urethral Obstruction
Descriptor Spanish: Obstrucción Uretral
Descriptor obstrucción uretral
Scope note: Obstruccón en cualquier localización a lo largo de la uretra.
Descriptor Portuguese: Obstrução Uretral
Descriptor French: Obstruction urétrale
Entry term(s): Obstruction, Urethral
Obstructions, Urethral
Urethral Obstructions
Tree number(s): C12.050.351.968.767.700
C12.200.777.767.700
C12.950.767.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014524
Scope note: Partial or complete blockage in any part of the URETHRA that can lead to difficulty or inability to empty the URINARY BLADDER. It is characterized by an enlarged, often damaged, bladder with frequent urges to void.
Annotation: do not confuse with URETERAL OBSTRUCTION, especially in Romance languages: see note on "ureteral" & "urethral" under URETERAL DISEASES; URETHRAL STRICTURE is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Urethral Diseases (1966-1978)
Urethral Stricture (1966-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 79
History Note: 79
DeCS ID: 14923
Unique ID: D014524
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/11/23
Revision Date: 2006/07/05
Urethral Obstruction - Preferred
Concept UI M0022334
Scope note Partial or complete blockage in any part of the URETHRA that can lead to difficulty or inability to empty the URINARY BLADDER. It is characterized by an enlarged, often damaged, bladder with frequent urges to void.
Preferred term Urethral Obstruction
Entry term(s) Obstruction, Urethral
Obstructions, Urethral
Urethral Obstructions



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