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urochrome
Term: urochrom
Literally meaning: ?color of urine?
Origin: Anc Greek
?????/uron(=urine) >????/????(=watery liquid) >???/roe(=flowing)
+ ?????/chroma(=color) > ??????/chripto(=touch or anoint)
Coined/History
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Definition
Urochrom is the yellow bile pigment responsible for urine color. Urochrome results as the end product of hemoglobin breakdown.
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Chromium (cr)
Term: chromium (Cr)Literally meaning: ?petaining to color?Origin: Anc Greek?????/chroma(=color) > ??????/chripto(=touch or anoint)Coined/HistoryThe element was discovered in 1797 by French chemist Nicolas .L. Vauqkelin(1763-1797) in the mineral...
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Urethrostenosis
Term: urethrostenosis Literally meaning: ?narrowing of urethra? Origin: Anc Greek?????/uron(=urine) >????/????(=watery liquid) >???/roe(=flowing)+ ??????/steino/ (=constrict, narrow, concentrate)+ (-????)/(-osis )(=suffix denoting ?process? or ?state?)...
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Urethra And (adj) Urethral
Term: urethra and (adj) urethral Literally meaning: "the passage for urine? Origin: Anc Greek?????/uron(=urine) >????/????(=watery liquid) >???/roe(=flowing)+???/-thra (=noun suffix). Coined/Historyby Hippocrates (460 BC ? ca....
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Urethritis
Term: urethritis Literally meaning: ?inflammation of urethra? Origin: Anc Greek?????/uron(=urine) >????/????(=watery liquid) >???/roe(=flowing)+ (-????)/-???? (=-itis, suffix meaning ?pertaining to? or ?inflammation?.) It is in feminine gender...
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Proteinuria
Term: proteinuriaLiterally meaning: ?protein in urine?Origin: Anc Greek????????/proteini(=protein) > ??????/protos(=first or of prime importance) ?????/uron(=urine) >????/????(=watery liquid) >???/roe(=flowing)Coined/History(?)DefinitionProteinuria...
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