Also 8 (9) ourology. [f. URO-1 + -LOGY. Cf. F. urologie (1877), and URINOLOGY.] † a. A treatise or discourse on urines. Obs. b. The scientific study of urine, its secretion and constituents.
1753. Chambers’ Cycl., Suppl., s.v., The chemists have given us treatises on the analysis of urine, and the preparations of it, such as the phosphorus, &c. under the name of ourologies.
1855. Day, in British & For. Medico-Chirurg. Jrnl., July, 71. Contributions to Urology.
1895. Lancet, 12 Jan., 99/2. Now there are many works on urology.
Hence Urological a., pertaining to or dealing with urology; Urologist, one versed or skilled in urology.
1855. Day, in Brit. & For. Medico-Chirurg. Jrnl., July, 89. The various causes are discussed … by Beneke in his Urological Studies.
1889. Lancet, 15 June, 1216/1. Professor Heller … had a high reputation as a urologist.
1913. Times, 9 Aug., 4/1. The Surgical and Urological Sections [of the Congress of Medicine].
