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Urinary system
Med terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cyst/o, vesic/o | bladder |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| meat/o | meatus (opening) |
| nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| albumin/o | albumin |
| azot/o | urea, nitrogen |
| blast/o | developing cell, germ cell |
| glyc/o, glycos/o | sugar |
| hydr/o | water |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| noct/i | night |
| olig/o | scanty, few |
| son/o | sound |
| tom/o | cut, section |
| urin/o, ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| retention | no pee comes out |
| urinalysis | physical, chemical and microscopic analysis |
| centrifuge | machine that tests pee |
| renal calculi | kidney stones |
| nephrotic syndrome | proteinuria, too much protein in the urine |
| hypoalbuminemia | low albumin concentration in blood, resulting from loss of albumin from the blood through holes in the damaged glomeruli |
| edema | general tissue swelling caused by accumulation of fluids in tissue spaces |
| acute glomerulonephritis | most common form of kidney disease |
| cystitis | infection of the bladder |
| ADH - antidiuretic hormone | decreases urine production |
| anuria | absence of urine |
| oliguria | scanty amounts of urine |
| polyuria | unusually large amounts of urine |
| hydronephrosis | swelling of kidney due to water build up |
| renal colic | pain cause by renal calculi (stones) |