Glomerulonephritis is a type of kidney disease and causes swelling, abnormal urine, fever, achiness, and more. Gonorrhea is an sexually transmitted diseases and can cause painful urination and penile discharge. Interstitial cystitis is a condition that causes pain in the bladder or pelvic area, and frequent urination.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A futile cycle, also known as a substrate cycle, occurs when two metabolic pathways run simultaneously in opposite directions and have no overall effect other than to dissipate energy in the form of heat.
See Also: CONTINUITY, DULLNESS. 1  Continue unceasingly like a drip from a leaking faucet âAnon. 2  Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress âGeorge Eliot.  Kept on repeating the words like a talisman âEdith Wharton.