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MeSH Heading: Urethral Obstruction
Tree Number(s): C12.050.351.968.767.700; C12.200.777.767.700; C12.950.767.700
Unique ID: D014524
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014524
Annotation: do not confuse with URETERAL OBSTRUCTION, especially in Romance languages: see note on "ureteral" & "urethral" under URETERAL DISEASES; URETHRAL STRICTURE is also available
Scope Note: Partial or complete blockage in any part of the URETHRA that can lead to difficulty or inability to empty the URINARY BLADDER. It is characterized by an enlarged, often damaged, bladder with frequent urges to void.
Previous Indexing: Urethral Diseases (1966-1978); Urethral Stricture (1966-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 79
History Note: 79
Date Introduced: 1979/01/01
Last Updated: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Urethral Obstruction MeSH Descriptor Data 2026