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voiding cystourethrography

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voiding cystourethrography (VCU)
Etymology: ME voide, empty; Gk, kystis, bag + ourethra, urethra + graphein, to record
cystourethrography in which radiographs are made before, during, and after voiding. See also cystourethrography.

cystourethrography
radiography of the urinary bladder and urethra.

voiding cystourethrography
x-ray studies taken while the animal is voiding urine.

voiding cystourethrography
VCUG, vesicoureterogram Imaging A study in which a catheter is inserted into the bladder, radiocontrast injected and images obtained to determine whether urine is flowing normally–through the
urethra to the outside or has partially reversed its flow into the ureters, as occurs in vesicoureteral reflux


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