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URINARY AND MALE REP
CHAPTER 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| GLOMERUL/O | GLOMERULUS ( PLURAL: GLOMERULI) |
| NEPHR/O , REN/O | KIDNEY |
| PYEL/O | RENAL PELVIS |
| UR/O , URIN/O | URINE |
| LITH/O | STONE |
| CYST/O , VESCI/O | BLADDER |
| URETHR/O | URETHRA |
| URETER/O | URETER |
| MEAT/O | OPENING |
| BALAN/O | PENIS |
| EPIDIDYM/O | EPIDIDYMIS |
| ORCH/O , ORCHI/O , ORCHID/O , TEST/O , TESTICUL/O | TESTICLE |
| PROSTAT/O | PROSTATE |
| SPERM/O , SPERMAT/O , SPERM/I | SPERM |
| BUN | BLOOD UREA NITROGEN |
| BX | BIOPSY |
| CATH | CATHETER |
| ESWL | EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE LITHOTRIPSY |
| HD | HEMODIALYSIS |
| I&O | INTAKE AND OUTPUT |
| IVU | INTRAVENOUS UROGRAM |
| IVP | INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAM |
| KUB | KIDNEYS , URETERS , BLADDER |
| OAB | OVERACTIVE BLADDER |
| PKD | POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE |
| RP | RETROGRADE PYELOGRAM |
| SUI | STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE |
| UA | URINALYSIS |
| UTI | URINARY TRACT INFECTION |
| VCUG | VOIDING CYSTOURETHROGRAM |
| VUR | VESICOURETERAL REFLUX |
| BPH | BENIGN PROSTATE HYPERPLASIA |
| DRE | DIGITAL RECTAL EXAM |
| ED | ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION |
| PSA | PROSTATE - SPECIFIC ANTIGEN |
| STD/ STI | SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE , SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION |
| TURP | TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE |