Definition of uroscopy in English:
uroscopy
noun jʊˈrɒskəpijʊˈrɑskəpi
mass nounMedicine historical The diagnostic examination of urine by simple inspection.
Example sentencesExamples
- As with some other medical tests that initially enjoyed great favor, uroscopy began to have more benefits attributed to it than it could deliver.
- By the fifteenth century the practice of uroscopy was falling into disrepute and the uroscopy flask became a symbol of ridicule.
- A very popular book on uroscopy was penned by the seventh-century Byzantine physician Theophilus.
- His charge for uroscopy is given, along with the cost for medicines administered to those gravely ill.
- Over time, the practice of uroscopy spread into the hands of quacks and apothecaries, who prescribed and sold their potions by merely looking at the urine.
- On the right is another schematic illustration of female diseases along with a uroscopy chart.
- Once the urine examination was complete, the observations were compared with the known colours, smells and tastes recorded on a so-called uroscopy wheel.
- There are numerous medieval treatises or tractates on uroscopy, like there are many publications on sophisticated laboratory methods of to-day.
- The above uroscopy chart is provided as a historical curiosity only.
Definition of uroscopy in US English:
uroscopy
nounjʊˈrɑskəpiyo͝oˈräskəpē
Medicine historical The diagnostic examination of urine by simple inspection.
Example sentencesExamples
- A very popular book on uroscopy was penned by the seventh-century Byzantine physician Theophilus.
- Over time, the practice of uroscopy spread into the hands of quacks and apothecaries, who prescribed and sold their potions by merely looking at the urine.
- There are numerous medieval treatises or tractates on uroscopy, like there are many publications on sophisticated laboratory methods of to-day.
- The above uroscopy chart is provided as a historical curiosity only.
- By the fifteenth century the practice of uroscopy was falling into disrepute and the uroscopy flask became a symbol of ridicule.
- As with some other medical tests that initially enjoyed great favor, uroscopy began to have more benefits attributed to it than it could deliver.
- On the right is another schematic illustration of female diseases along with a uroscopy chart.
- His charge for uroscopy is given, along with the cost for medicines administered to those gravely ill.
- Once the urine examination was complete, the observations were compared with the known colours, smells and tastes recorded on a so-called uroscopy wheel.