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uroselective

uroselective adjective: that selectively affects the prostate gland and the flow of urine.

Adjective

uroselective (not comparable)

  1. That selectively affects the prostate gland and the flow of urine
    • Recently, Alfuzosin has also been used as an expulsive agent in the treatment of ureteral stones,it was claimed to be a uroselective agent with a low incidence of adverse side-effects and blood pressure changes [7 ].2015 August 6, “Efficacy and Safety of Alfuzosin as Medical Expulsive Therapy for Ureteral Stones: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of uroselective

From uro- + selective.

Questions about uroselective

What does uroselective mean?
Uroselective means that selectively affects the prostate gland and the flow of urine.
What part of speech is uroselective?
Uroselective is an adjective.

Words near uroselective in the dictionary

  1. uroscopic
  2. uroscopies
  3. uroscopist
  4. uroscopists
  5. uroscopy
  6. uroselective
  7. uroselectivity
  8. urosepsis
  9. uroseptic
  10. urosepticaemia
  11. urosepticemia

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