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Urinary retention

The result of progressive obstruction of the urethra by an enlarging prostate, causing urine to remain in the bladder even after urination.

Mentioned in: Enlarged Prostate

retention [re-ten´shun]

1. the process of holding back or keeping in a position.

2. persistence in the body of material normally excreted, such as from the bowel or bladder.

3. the number of staff members in a facility that remain in employment.

urinary retention a nursing diagnosis accepted by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, defined as a state in which an individual has incomplete emptying of the bladder.

retention of urine accumulation of urine within the bladder because of inability to urinate.

urinary retention

Urology The inability to completely void the urinary bladder

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urinary retention (redirected from Obstruction of the urinary tract)

urinary retention
(redirected from Obstruction of the urinary tract)