pyuria

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noun

presence of white blood cells in the urine; symptom of urinary tract infection

Pyuria in a sentence

Pyuria may result from suppuration in any part of the urinary system, or from an abscess opening into the urinary tract.

The Sternheimer-Malbin stain is useful in diagnosis of pyelonephritis, and of even more help in differential diagnosis of the pyurias.

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