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pollakisuria
Definitions related to increased frequency of micturition:
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(pollakisuria) Increased frequency of urination.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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(urinary frequency) Routinely needing to urinate more than eight times during the day or more than twice at night.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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(urinary frequency) Urination at short intervals; it may result from increased urine formation, decreased bladder capacity, or lower urinary tract irritation.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(urinary frequency) Urination occurring more often than normal.NICHD Pediatric TerminologyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(urinary frequency) A disorder characterized by urination at short intervals.Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse EventsU.S. National Institutes of Health, 2021
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Urinary frequency is the need to urinate many times during the day, at night (nocturia), or both but in normal or less-than-normal volumes. Frequency may be accompanied by a sensation of an urgent need to void (urinary urgency). Urinary frequency is distinguished from polyuria, which is urine output of > 3 L/day.Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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