Chapter 7 Flashcards
1
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albumin/o
A
albumin (protein)
2
Q
angi/o
A
vessel (blood)
3
Q
azot/o
A
urea, nitrogen
4
Q
bacteri/o
A
bacteria
5
Q
cali/o
A
calyx
6
Q
calic/o
A
calyx
7
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
8
Q
dips/o
A
thirst
9
Q
glomerul/o
A
glomerulus
10
Q
glycos/o
A
glucose, sugar
11
Q
hydr/o
A
water
12
Q
isch/o
A
hold back, back
13
Q
kal/o
A
potassium
14
Q
ket/o
A
ketones, acetones
15
Q
keton/o
A
ketones, acetones
16
Q
lith/o
A
stone, calculus
17
Q
meat/o
A
meatus (opening)
18
Q
natr/o
A
sodium
19
Q
necr/o
A
death
20
Q
nephr/o
A
kidney
21
Q
noct/o
A
night
22
Q
olig/o
A
scanty
23
Q
py/o
A
pus
24
Q
pyel/o
A
renal pelvis
25
ren/o
kidney
26
trigon/o
trigone (area within the bladder)
27
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
28
ureter/o
ureter
29
urethr/o
urethra
30
urin/o
urine
31
vesic/o
urinary bladder
32
-ectasis
dilation, dilatation, widening
33
-ectomy
excision, removal, resection
34
-emia
blood condition
35
-esis
action, condition, state of
36
-gram
record
37
-lithiasis
condition of stones
38
-lithotomy
incision (for removal) of a stone
39
-lysis
breakdown, separation, destruction, loosening
40
-megaly
enlargement
41
-ole
little, small
42
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
43
-pathy
disease, emotion
44
-plasty
surgical repair
45
-poietin
substance that forms
46
-ptosis
falling, drooping, prolapse
47
-rrhea
flow, discharge
48
-sclerosis
hardening
49
-stenosis
tightening, stricture
50
-stomy
new opening (to form a mouth)
51
-tomy
process of cutting
52
-tripsy
crushing
53
-uria
urination, condition of urine
54
a-, an-
no, not without
55
anti-
against
56
dia-
complete, through
57
dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
58
en-
in, within
59
hypo-
deficient, below, under, less than normal
60
peri-
surrounding
61
poly-
many, much
62
retro-
behind, back, backward
63
VCUG
voiding cystourethrogram
64
HD
hemodialysis
65
BUN
blood urea nitrogen
66
cysto
cytoscopic examination
67
IVP
intravenous pyelogram
68
renal cortex
outer region of the kidney
69
renal medulla
inner (middle) region of the kidney
70
renal pelvis
central urine-collecting basin in the kidney that narrows into the ureter
71
ureter
tubes carrying urine from kidney to urinary bladder
72
urethra
tube carrying urine from the bladder to the outside of the body
73
nephrolithiasis
abnormal condition of stones in the kidney
74
pyelonephritis
inflammation of the kidney and the renal pelvis
75
erythropoietin
substance that forms red blood cells
76
urethrotripsy
crushing stones in urethra
77
azotemia
blood condition of urea/nitrogen
78
cystomy
process of cutting into the urinary bladder
79
uremia
blood condition of the urine
80
hematuria
urine/urination of blood
81
nocturia
urination at night
82
anuria
urination none
83
polydipsia
condition of thirst many/much
84
perivesical
pertaining to the urinary bladder surrounding
85
oliguria
urination scanty
86
ureteroileostomy
new opening in the ileum and ureter
87
ureteroplasty
surgical repair of the ureter
88
urethraplasty
surgical repair of the urethra
89
nephrolithotomy
incision (for removal) of a stone in the kidney
90
caliectasis
widening of the calyx
91
pyelogram
record of the renal pelvis
92
dysuria
urination/urine condition difficulty
93
pyuria
urination condition of pus
