Urology
/jʊˈrɒl.ə.dʒi/noun
The branch of medicine concerned with the urinary tract and the male reproductive organs.
Did you know?Urology is a textbook Greco-Latin scientific formation: Greek ouron (“urine”) + logia (“study”), showing how ancient scholarly language became the code of modern medicine.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
οὖρον (ouron)
“urine”
Ancient Greek
Greek
-λογία (-logia)
“study, discourse”
Late Latin / Neo-Latin
Latin
urologia
“study of urinary matters”
19th Century
English
urology
“the medical study of the urinary tract and related organs”
Modern English
English
urology
“the branch of medicine dealing with the urinary system and male reproductive organs”