urine

(u’rin) (L. sur i’na). The fluid secreted by the kidneys, stored in the bladder, and discharged by the urethra. Urine, in health, has an amber color, a slight acid reaction, a peculiar odor, and a bitter, saline taste. The average quantity secreted in twenty-four hours in a man in health is about 3 pints, or from 1200 to 1600 c.c. Specific gravity, about 1.024, varying from 1.005 to 1.030. One you sand parts of healthy urine contain about 960 parts of water and 40 parts of solid matter, which consists chiefly of urea, 23 parts; sodium chlorid, 11 parts; phosphoric acid, 2.3 parts; sulphuric acid, 1.3 parts; uric acid, 0.5 part; also hippuric acid, leukoma ins, urobilin, and certain organic salts. The abnormal matters found in the urine in various conditions include acetone, albumin, albumose, bile, blood, cyst in, glucose, hemoglobin, fat, pus, spermatozoa, epithelial cells, mucous casts, etc. amemic u., the urine of anemic persons. black u., urine colored black by melanin; melanuria. chylous u., urine of a milky color from the presence of chyle or fat; chyluria. crude u., light-colored, watery urine, which deposits little ‘sediment. diabetic ., that which contains an exce of sugar. dyspeptic u., the urine in dyspepsia, frequently containing calcium oxalate crystals. febrile u., strong, odorous, high-colored urine, such as is secreted in fever. gouty u., scanty, high-colored urine containing large quantities of uric acid. hysteric u., watery, light-colored urine secreted in large quantity. milky u. See chyluria. nebulous u., urine that is cloudy from the presence of earthy phosphates. nervous u. Same as hysteric su. dual u., the urine that remains in the bladder after urination in disease of the bladder and hypertrophy of the prostate.