urinary bladder
noun
: a membranous sac in many vertebrates that serves for the temporary retention of urine and discharges by the urethra
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The new step, announced on Wednesday, creates a presumptive service connection for Gulf War and post-9/11 veterans diagnosed with acute and chronic leukemias, multiple myelomas, myelodysplastic syndromes, myelofibrosis, urinary bladder, ureter, and related genitourinary cancers.
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Overweight or obese cats are more exposed to the risk of diseases like cancer, diabetes mellitus, heart disease, hypertension, osteoarthritis and faster degeneration of affected joints, and urinary bladder stones, as well as anesthetic complications.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Skin melanoma, colorectal cancer and urinary bladder cancer also had a high proportion of cases attributable to risk factors.
—Hannah Docter-Loeb, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
But smoking is also connected to many other cancers, including urinary bladder, colorectal, and oral cavity cancer.3
Excess body weight, meanwhile, contributed to more than 7% of both cases and deaths, while alcohol consumption contributed to 5% and 4%, respectively.
—Tara Law, Health, 25 July 2024
Qualifying cancers are leukemia; multiple myeloma; non-Hodgkin lymphomas; and primary cancers of the pharynx, small intestine, salivary gland, brain, stomach, urinary bladder, colon, thyroid, pancreas, breast, esophagus, bile ducts, liver, gallbladder, lung and ovary.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2021
The concern is that winds could pick up arsenic — known to cause cancers of the lung, urinary bladder, kidney, liver and skin — and other toxic materials from the dry lake bed and spread it over Salt Lake City and other populated areas of the Wasatch Front.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2022
Eleven of the 19 most-common cancers found in men — including lung and bronchus, stomach, urinary bladder, kidney and larynx cancers — decreased in mortality between 2015 and 2019.
—Ashley R. Williams, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2022
If really short, there are abnormalities of the spinal column that affect nerves going to the urinary bladder and sometimes the rectum.
—Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com, 8 Nov. 2019
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Overweight or obese cats are more exposed to the risk of diseases like cancer, diabetes mellitus, heart disease, hypertension, osteoarthritis and faster degeneration of affected joints, and urinary bladder stones, as well as anesthetic complications.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Skin melanoma, colorectal cancer and urinary bladder cancer also had a high proportion of cases attributable to risk factors.
—Hannah Docter-Loeb, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
But smoking is also connected to many other cancers, including urinary bladder, colorectal, and oral cavity cancer.3
Excess body weight, meanwhile, contributed to more than 7% of both cases and deaths, while alcohol consumption contributed to 5% and 4%, respectively.
—Tara Law, Health, 25 July 2024
Qualifying cancers are leukemia; multiple myeloma; non-Hodgkin lymphomas; and primary cancers of the pharynx, small intestine, salivary gland, brain, stomach, urinary bladder, colon, thyroid, pancreas, breast, esophagus, bile ducts, liver, gallbladder, lung and ovary.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2021
The concern is that winds could pick up arsenic — known to cause cancers of the lung, urinary bladder, kidney, liver and skin — and other toxic materials from the dry lake bed and spread it over Salt Lake City and other populated areas of the Wasatch Front.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2022
Eleven of the 19 most-common cancers found in men — including lung and bronchus, stomach, urinary bladder, kidney and larynx cancers — decreased in mortality between 2015 and 2019.
—Ashley R. Williams, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2022
If really short, there are abnormalities of the spinal column that affect nerves going to the urinary bladder and sometimes the rectum.
—Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com, 8 Nov. 2019
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“Urinary bladder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urinary%20bladder. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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