Disease or Syndrome
nocturia
[ nok-too r-ee-uh, -tyoo r- ]
Subclass of:
Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Definitions related to nocturia:
  • Abnormally increased production of urine during the night leading to an unusually frequent need to urinate.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • Frequent episodes of urination during the night.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Frequent URINATION at night that interrupts sleep. It is often associated with outflow obstruction, DIABETES MELLITUS, or bladder inflammation (CYSTITIS).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The frequent need to urinate at night.
    NICHD Pediatric Terminology
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Waking up more than once during the night to urinate.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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