noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/jʊəˈɹɒlədʒi/
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rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
CMU ARPABET:Y ER0 AA1 L AH0 JH IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The surgical specialty of medicine that treats disorders of the urinary tract and the urogenital system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the urinary tract or urogenital system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: urogenital medicine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: medicine, medical specialty
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English uro- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English urology From uro- + -logy.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
urologji
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Catalan:
urologia
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Chinese Mandarin:
泌尿外科
(mìniào wàikē)
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Chinese Mandarin:
泌尿科
(mìniàokē)
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Chinese Mandarin:
泌尿器學 /泌尿器学
(mìniàoqìxué)
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Czech:
urologie
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Danish:
urologi
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Dutch:
Urologie
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Finnish:
virtsaelintautioppi
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Finnish:
urologia
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
French:
urologie
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Galician:
uroloxía
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
German:
Urologie
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Hungarian:
urológia
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Italian:
urologia
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Japanese:
泌尿器科
(hinyōkika)
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Korean:
비뇨기과
(binyogigwa)
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Polish:
urologia
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Portuguese:
urologia
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Romanian:
urologie
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Russian:
уроло́гия
(urológija)
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Spanish:
urología
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Swedish:
urologi
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Vietnamese:
khoa tiết niệu
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system
Volapük:
yurinav
— branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system