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Nocturia
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 Excessive urinating at night |
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Dysuria
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 Painful or difficult urination |
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Oliguria
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 Less urination than normal |
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Anuria
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 Failure to form urine |
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Hematuria
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 Blood in the urine |
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Orthopnea
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 The inability to breathe easily unless one is sitting up straight or standing erect |
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Polycythemia
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 Too many red blood cells |
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Dysrthythmia
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 An irregular heartbeat is an arrhythmia (also called dysrhythmia) |
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Hypoxemia
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 Abnormally low levels of oxygen in the blood |
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Ureter
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 A tube that carries urine down from the kidney to the bladder |
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Urethra
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 The transport tube leading from the bladder to discharge urine outside the body |
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Pyuria
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 Pus in the urine. Pyuria is a sign of inflammation often related to infection |
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Micturition
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 Urination, the act of urinating |
