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Definition of "genitourinary" [gen•i•to•u•ri•na•ry]

  • Of or relating to the genital and urinary organs or their functions. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "genitourinary" in a sentence
  • "Wounds to the genitals and lower urinary tract - so-called genitourinary injuries - accounted for 11 percent of wounds over the last seven months of 2010, up from 4 percent in the previous 17 months, according to data presented by John B. Holcomb, a trauma surgeon and retired Army colonel."
  • "However, more than twice as many (4.7 per cent) suffered '' '' genitourinary '' '' complications."
  • ""The results are modest," said Philip Kantoff , director of the genitourinary oncology program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, who wasn't involved with the study."
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