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MP UROLOGY
UROLOGY
Question | Answer |
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UROLOGY | UR/O - URINE OR URINARY SYSTEM, -LOGY - STUDY OF (MEDICAL SPECIALTY THAT STUDIES THE A&P OF THE URINARY SYSTEM) |
PH | A TEST OF HOW ACIDIC OR ALKALINE THE URINE IS. URINE IS NORMALLY SLIGHTLY ALKALINE. |
HEMATURIA | HEMAT/O - BLOOD, UR/O - URINE, -IA - CONDITION, STATE OR THING (BLOOD IN THE URINE - COULD BE CAUSED BY KIDNEY STONES, CYSTITIS (BLADDER INFECTION) OR BLADDER CANCER ETC) |
ALBUNINURIA | ALBUMIN/O - ALBUMIN; UR/O - URINE; -IA = CONDITION, STATE OR THING. (PRESENCE OF ALBUMIN IN THE URINE. ALBUMIN IS THE MAJOR PROTEIN IN THE BLOOD. IMPORTANT FIRST SIGN OF KIDNEY DISEASE |
CATHETERIZATION | CATHETER/O - CATHETER, -IZATION = PROCESS OF CREATING, INSERTING OR MAKING (PROCEDURE IN WHICH A CATHETER (FLEXIBLE TUBING) IS INSERTED THROUGH THE URETHRA INTO THE BLADDER TO DRAIN THE URINE. FOLEY CATHETER DRINS URINE CONTINUOUSLY ) |
INCONTINENCE | IN- IN, NOT, WITHOUT; CONTIN/O-HOLD TOGETHER; -ENCE = STATE (INABILITY TO VOLUNTARILY KEEP URINE IN THE BLADDER) |