urology
(jʊˈrɒlədʒɪ)
Also 8 (9) ourology.
[f. uro-1 + -logy. Cf. F. urologie (1877) and urinology.]
† a. A treatise or discourse on urines. Obs. b. The scientific study of urine, its secretion and constituents.
| 1753 Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. s.v., The chemists have given us treatises on the analysis of urine, and the preparations of it, such as the phosphorus, &c. under the name of ourologies. 1855 Day in British & For. Medico-Chirurg. Jrnl. July 71 Contributions to Urology. 1895 Lancet 12 Jan. 99/2 Now there are many works on urology. |
Hence uroˈlogical a., pertaining to or dealing with urology; uˈrologist, one versed or skilled in urology.
| 1855 Day in Brit. & For. Medico-Chirurg. Jrnl. July 89 The various causes..are discussed..by Beneke in his Urological Studies. 1889 Lancet 15 June 1216/1 Professor Heller..had a high reputation as a urologist. 1913 Times 9 Aug. 4/1 The Surgical and Urological Sections [of the Congress of Medicine]. |
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Add: uroˈlogic a.
| 1897 Lippincott's Med. Dict. 1096/2 Urologic. 1922 N.Y. Suppl. CXCIV. 374 This plaintiff is alleged to have agreed to pay to this defendant the sum of $1,034.07..in consideration that this defendant would vacate the offices occupied by said Urologic Institute. 1969 C. C. Winter Pract. Urol. vii. 211 Prostatitis is one of the most common of urologic disorders. |