Unit 6- Abbreviations Flashcards
1
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nephr/o
A
kidneys (removes waste from blood)
2
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ren/o
A
kidneys (removes waste from blood)
3
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pyel/o
A
renal pelvis (collects urine)
4
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ureter/o
A
ureter (carries urine from kidneys to bladder)
5
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cyst/o
A
bladder
6
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vesic/o
A
bladder
7
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urethr/o
A
urethra (passes urine from bladder to outside of body)
8
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urin/o
A
urine
9
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ur/o
A
urine
10
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-uria
A
urine
11
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albumin/o
A
albumin (type of protein
12
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glyc/o
A
sugar
13
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glycos/o
A
sugar
14
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lith/o
A
stones (form in the kidney and travel through urinary system)
15
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calculus
A
refers to stone
16
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calculi (pH)
A
refers to stone
17
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urea
A
waste product
18
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UA or ua
A
urinary analysis
19
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KUB
A
kidneys-ureter- bladder
20
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IVP
A
intravenous pyelogram (x-rays done of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder)
21
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cath
A
catheter
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ARF
A
acute renal failure (sudden kidney failure)
23
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CRF
A
Chronic renal failure (kidney failure slowly after time)
24
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UTI
A
urinary tract infection
25
BUN
blood urea nitrogen (test done to see how well kidneys are working)
26
micturition, voiding
urination, excretion of urine
27
incontinence, enuresis
involuntary urination
28
olgi/o
scanty, very little, few
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noct/i
night
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uremia
blood in the urine
31
-ptosis
drooping, sagging, floating
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-pexy
surgical fixation/attachment
33
-tripsy
surgical crushing
34
hemodialysis
a machine that filters blood
35
-lysis
breaking down ,destruction
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-rrhaphy
suturing, stitching
37
diuretic
agent that increases the amount of urine
38
sepsis
infection that spreads through bloodstream
39
incontinence, enuresis
involuntary urination
40
albumin/o
albumin (protein)
