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.
2. vicious cycle. A circular process that requires one to do perform an action that has some effect and as a result requires the same action to be done again. Every time I pulled a tissue out of the box more dust was stirred up which caused me to require yet another tissue-a vicious cycle.