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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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.
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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
The prostate is located in the male pelvis below the urinary bladder.
—Lee Roop, AL.com, 15 Dec. 2017
At age 82, in 1787, Franklin began experiencing acute abdominal pain, thought to be caused by a urinary bladder stone, according to an American Philosophical Society record.
—Philly.com, 8 Oct. 2017
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
The prostate is located in the male pelvis below the urinary bladder.
—Lee Roop, AL.com, 15 Dec. 2017
At age 82, in 1787, Franklin began experiencing acute abdominal pain, thought to be caused by a urinary bladder stone, according to an American Philosophical Society record.
—Philly.com, 8 Oct. 2017
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