pyuria
(pī-ūr′ē-ă)

[pyo- + -uria]
Greater than 10 white blood cells per high-powered microscopic urinary field. It suggests diseases of the bladder or the kidneys, usually a urinary tract infection.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Pyuria." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762649/0/pyuria.
Pyuria. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762649/0/pyuria. Accessed February 14, 2025.
Pyuria. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762649/0/pyuria
Pyuria [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2025 February 14]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762649/0/pyuria.
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