Urethral Prolapse (Urethrocele) The urethra is the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body. When the urethra is not well supported by the muscles and tissues around it, it can curve and widen. This is called a urethral prolapse (urethrocele).
Family medicine (FM), formerly family practice (FP), is a specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages; the specialist is named a family physician or family doctor.
family practice. 1. medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification. And I was a medical man, who sought to build up a family practice! The family practice of many sensible physicians, perhaps I might say of most, is strongly corroborative of this main idea. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders William A. Alcott. The references in that play to changelings reminds us that we have not yet referred to this notable piece of family practice.