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The doctor who makes small talk while holding your most private anatomy.
means A physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the urinary tract in both sexes and the male reproductive system.
from Built from the Greek 'ouron' (urine) plus '-logy' (study of), the same '-logist' suffix that staffs every other medical specialty. 'Ouron' itself traces back to an ancient root meaning simply 'to urinate,' so the word is, at bottom, blunt Greek shorthand for 'one who studies pee' — dressed up, as medicine likes to do, in a coat of scholarly Greek to make the plumbing sound more dignified.
- study length
- over 13 years of training before practicing solo
- scope
- treats kidneys bladder prostate and both sexes equally
- humor requirement
- unofficially mandatory, given the subject matter
- surgical range
- from kidney stones to full organ transplants