urethra

(u-re'thrah) [G. ourethra.] canal leading from the bladder, discharging the urine externally. female u., u. muliebris. male u., u. virilis. mem'brsmous u., pars membranacea [BNA]. penile u., spongy u. prost at'ic u., pars prostatic a [BNA]. spongy u., pars cavernosa [BNA]. u. mulie'bris [BNA], female urethra; a canal about an inch and a half in length pa ing from the bladder, in close relation with the anterior wall of the vagina, opening in the vestibule behind the clitoris, u. viri'lis [BNA], the male urethra, a canal about eight inches in length opening at the extremity of the glans penis; it gives pa age to the spermatic fluid as well as the urine. abnormal opening, epispadia, epispadias, an as padi as (above); hypos padi a, hypospadias (below); paras padi a, paras padi as (lateral), bleeding, urethrorrhagia, urethraemorrhagia. discharge from, urethrorrhea, blennorrhea, ure thro catarrh; gonorrhea (venereal). division of stricture, ure thro to my, coarctotomy; me a to to my, porotomy (of 'meatus), escape of gas from, pneumaturia. exsection, urethrectomy. external opening, meatus, imperforate, urethra tres i a, atretourethra._ incision of meatus, me a to to my porotomy. inflammation, urethritis; gonorrhea (venereal),, instrument for dilating stricture, urethfeurynter, sound, bougie, instrument for examining., urethroscope, sound, bougie, instrument for measuring caliber, urethra meter, ure thro meter, ure thro graph; me a to scope (opening), instrument for pa age tlirough to draw urine, catheter, obstruction, urethremphraxis, urethrophraxis. pam, urethralgia, urethrodynia; urodynia, scalding, dysuria, strangury (in pa ing water). plastic surgery, urethroplasty, spasm, ure thro spasm, urethnsm. stricture, ure thro stenosis, ankylurethria; ure thro spasm, urethrism (spasmodic), suture of, urethrprrhaphy. thickening of wall of female, urethrocele. tumor, urethrophyma,