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  2. Laser lithotripsy - Wikipedia

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    Ho:YAG lasers have wavelength of 2100 nm (infrared) and are used for medical procedures in urology and other areas. They have qualities of CO 2 and Nd:Yag lasers, with ablative and coagulation effects. [10] Holmium laser use results in smaller fragments than 320 or 365 micron pulsed dye lasers or electrohydraulic and mechanical methods. [11]

  3. Urology - Wikipedia

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    Urology. Urology (from Greek οὖρον ouron "urine" and -λογία -logia "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the urinary system and the reproductive organs. Organs under the domain of urology include the kidneys, adrenal glands, ureters, urinary ...

  4. Edging (sexual practice) - Wikipedia

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    Edging can be done both alone and with a partner. Edging, sometimes also referred to as gooning [1] [2] or surfing, [3] is a sexual technique whereby an orgasm is controlled (that is, delayed or prevented).

  5. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Meaning Origin language and etymology Example(s) a-, an-not, without (alpha privative) Greek ἀ-/ἀν-(a-/an-), not, without analgesic, apathy, anencephaly: ab-from; away from Latin abduction, abdomen: abdomin-of or relating to the abdomen: Latin abdōmen, abdomen, fat around the belly abdomen, abdominal -ac: pertaining to; one afflicted with

  6. Lower urinary tract symptoms - Wikipedia

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    Hesitancy [8] (worsened if bladder is very full) [citation needed] Terminal dribbling [8] Incomplete voiding [8] Urinary retention [9] Overflow incontinence (occurs in chronic retention) [9] Episodes of near retention [9] As the symptoms are common and non-specific, LUTS is not necessarily a reason to suspect prostate cancer. [7]

  7. Pyelogram - Wikipedia

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    Pyelogram (or pyelography or urography) is a form of imaging of the renal pelvis and ureter. [ 1] Types include: Intravenous pyelogram – In which a contrast solution is introduced through a vein into the circulatory system. Retrograde pyelogram – Any pyelogram in which contrast medium is introduced from the lower urinary tract and flows ...

  8. Iodine monochloride - Wikipedia

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    Iodine monochloride is an interhalogen compound with the formula ICl. It is a red-brown chemical compound that melts near room temperature. Because of the difference in the electronegativity of iodine and chlorine, this molecule is highly polar and behaves as a source of I +.

  9. Free water clearance - Wikipedia

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    In the physiology of the kidney, free water clearance ( CH2O) is the volume of blood plasma that is cleared of solute -free water per unit time. An example of its use is in the determination of an individual's state of hydration. Conceptually, free water clearance should be thought of relative to the production of isoosmotic urine, which would ...