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Med Terms Ch 9
MOD 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| nephr/o | Kidney |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder or sac of fluid |
| -cele | herniation or protrusion |
| ureter | tube that brings urine from the Kidney to the urinary bladder |
| hydr/o | water |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -uria | urine |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| ur/o | urine |
| -stasis | control, maintenance of a constant level |
| olig | scanty, few |
| -lysis | destruction or seperation |
| dia- | complete or through |
| an- | without |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| glomerulus | a cluster of capillaries, the first part of the Kidney |
| Polyuria | excessive urination |
| Lithotripsy | crushing of stones |
| Oliguria | scanty urination |
| Anuria | without urine |
| Hemodialysis | Process of filtering the blood (removes the waste from the body) |
| Cystocele | prolapsed bladder |
| Urethra | tube that drains urine from the bladder to outside the body |
| poly- | many |
| Micturition | process of urination |