Question | Answer |
trigonitis | inflammation of the trigone (urinary bladder) |
cystolith | presence of a stone located in the urinary bladder |
ureterectasis | the distention of a ureter |
pyelonephritis | inflammatin of both the renal pelvis and of the kidney |
polyuria | excessive urination |
oliguria | scanty urination |
hypospadias | a congenital abnormality of the urethral opening |
cystorrhexis | rupture of the bladder |
dysuria | difficult or painful urination |
nephrostenosis | abnormal narrowing of the kidney |
lithotripsy | to crush a stone / distruction of a stone through ultrasound waves |
cystopexy | surgical fixation of the bladder to the abdominal wall |
pyelotomy | a surgical incision of the renal pelvis |
urethrorrhagia | bleeding from the urethra/ discharge of blood from the urethra |
urethrotomy | the surgical incision into the urethra for relief of stricture |
nocturia | excessive urination during the night |
nephromalacia | abnormal softening of the kidney |
urethrocele | hernia in the urethral wall |
urethrolysis | freeing of urethra from adhesions |
cystoptosis | prolapse of the urinary bladder/ prolapse of the mucus membrain of the bladder |
ureterolith | a stone located anywhere along the ureter/ presence of stones in the ureter |
nephrolith | kidney stone/ renal calculus |
polycystic | many fluid filled cysts in the kidneys/ pertaining to many cysts |
nephrologists | a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases and disorders of the kidneys |
ureteroplasty | the surgical repair of the ureter |