UROGENITAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does urogenital mean? 

• UROGENITAL (adjective)
  The adjective UROGENITAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the urinary and reproductive systems

  Familiarity information: UROGENITAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UROGENITAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the urinary and reproductive systems

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

urogenital system (the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine)

 Context examples 

L. fermentum is a commensal organism of the urogenital tract with probiotic activity.

(Lactobacillus fermentum, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes paired box protein Pax-2, plays a role in transcription by RNA Polymerase II and in development of the central nervous system, eyes, kidney and urogenital tract.

(PAX2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The lowest part of the prostate gland adjacent to the superior fascia of the urogenital diaphragm.

(Apex of the Prostate, NCI Thesaurus)

Probiotic Lactobacillus strains have been shown to protect against gastrointestinal and urogenital infections, to moderate diarrheal episodes, and to increase CD4 T-lymphocyte counts.

(Micronutrient-Fortified Probiotic Yogurt, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of long filamentous gram-negative anaerobic rod bacteria in the Fusobacteriaceae family; sometimes associated with oral or urogenital infections.

(Leptotrichia, NCI Thesaurus)

F. gonidiaformans is most commonly isolated from urogenital and intestinal tracts in humans and is pathogenic, most commonly linked to peritonsillar infection and bacteremia.

(Fusobacterium gonidiaformans, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare, genetically heterogenous syndrome, characterized by cryptophthalmos, craniofacial abnormalities, urogenital abnormalities, and syndactyly.

(Cryptophthalmos Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

M. hominis is commensal in the urogenital flora of adults, but is an opportunistic pathogen implicated in female genital infections and may also cause infections in newborns, especially in those that are immunosuppressed.

(Mycoplasma hominis, NCI Thesaurus)

An embryonic cell of the middle layer of three germ layers that gives rise to the musculoskeletal, vascular, urogenital systems, and connective tissue.

(Mesoderm Cell, NCI Thesaurus)