urino-
(ˈjʊərɪnəʊ)
combining form of L. ūrīn-a urine n.1, occurring in various terms, as ˌurinoˈgenitary = urinogenital a. 1; uriˈnologist, a urologist; uriˈnology (see quot. and cf. urology b); ˈurinomancy, diagnosis of diseases by examination of the urine; ˌurinopykˈnometer (see quot.); ˌurinoˈscopic, of or pertaining to the inspection of urine as a means of diagnosing diseases (Cent. Dict., 1891); uriˈnoscopist, -scopy, = uroscopist, -scopy.
| 1878 F. J. Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 523 The vasuclar system, and *urino-genitary organs. |
| 1897 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 18 June 5/2 The doctor was again summoned to..produce urine in the presence of the *urinologist. 1900 Nature 17 May 53/2 The book should be of value to urinologists. |
| 1860 R. Fowler Med. Voc., *Urinology, the branch of Medicine which treats of the urine. [Hence in various Dicts.] |
| 1904 G. S. Hall Adolescence I. 116 The many centuries when *urinomancy and urinoscopy vied with astrology. |
| 1905 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 July 27 The *urino pyknometer..is serviceable for making a rough clinical estimate of the specific gravity of small quantities of urine. |
| 1836 R. Furness Astrologer ii. Poet. Wks. (1858) 146 Let some one..Take Thor's first morning water in a phial, And give the *Urinoscopist a trial. |
| Ibid. 150 Volumes of *Urinoscopy. 1839 Spillan tr. Schill's Outl. Pathol. Semeiology 7 With that exception, ignorance and superstition prevailed in this half of the second period. Urinoscopy occupied the place of semeiology. 1904 [see urinomancy above]. |