Terminology Urinology

Question 1

Choledocholithiasis

Answer 1

also called bile duct stones or gallstones in the bile duct, is the presence of a gallstone in the common bile duct. Gallstones usually form in your gallbladder.

Question 2

Choledocholithotomy

Answer 2

surgical incision of the common bile duct for removal of a gallstone

Question 3

Cholelithiasis

Answer 3

the formation of gallstones

Question 4

Cystoscopy

Answer 4

a procedure that allows your doctor to examine the lining of your bladder and the tube that carries urine out of your body (urethra).

Question 5

Hematuria

Answer 5

the presence of blood in urine

Question 6

Incontinence

Answer 6

inability of the body to control the evacuative functions of urination or defecation

Question 7

Nocturia

Answer 7

The need to wake and pass urine at night (in contrast to enuresis, where urine is passed unintentionally during sleep)

Question 8

Polyuria

Answer 8

production of abnormally large volumes of dilute urine

Question 9

Cholecystectomy

Answer 9

surgical removal of the gallbladder