uroscopy

American  

[yoo-ros-kuh-pee] / yʊˈrɒs kə pi /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. inspection or analysis of the urine as a means of diagnosis.

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uroscopy British  

/ ˌjʊərəˈskɒpɪk, jʊˈrɒskəpɪ /

noun

1. med examination of the urine See also urinalysis

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Other Word Forms

• uroscopic adjective
• uroscopist noun

Etymology

Origin of uroscopy

First recorded in 1640–50; uro- ¹ + -scopy

Example Sentences

He set himself up in strenuous opposition to the silly uroscopy and uromancy by which physicians had deceived others and very often deceived themselves.

From Project Gutenberg

This art of uroscopy is a very ancient one, and has frequently been depicted in art works through the centuries.

From Time Magazine Archive

The works of European painters of the century remind us of uroscopy or urine examination.

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It is safe to assume that his techniques were of a higher order than those usually associated with uroscopy.

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Perhaps one man may be mentioned, as he had a great influence on later ages—Actuarius, who lived about 1300, and whose book on the urine laid the foundation of much of the popular uroscopy and water-casting that had such a vogue in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

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