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The only specialty where the doctor asks about your sex life and your kidneys in the same breath.
means The branch of medicine dealing with the urinary tract in everyone, and the male reproductive system on top of that.
from Built from Greek 'ouron' (urine) plus '-logy' (study of), the same '-logy' suffix bolted onto countless scientific fields in the 19th century when medicine was busy carving itself into specialties.
- scope
- covers kidneys, bladder, prostate, and reproductive organs
- shared turf
- one of few fields treating both men and women differently
- oldest tool
- catheters date back to ancient Egypt, 3000 BC
- surgical range
- handles everything from kidney stones to cancer