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Urinary System
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| albumin/o | albumin, protein |
| azot/o | nitrogenous compounds |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| kal/i | potassium |
| keton/o | ketone bodies |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| meat/o | opening, meatus |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| ren/o | kidney |
| noct/o | night |
| olig/o | scanty |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -uria | urine |
| ATN | acute tubular necrosis |
| BNO | bladder neck obstruction |
| BUN | blood urea nitrogen |
| cysto | cystoscopy |
| ESRD | end-stage renal disease |
| ESWL | extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy |
| IC | interstitial cystitis |
| PCNL | percutaneous nephrolithotomy |
| PKD | polycystic kidney disease |
| TURBT | transurethral resection of the bladder tumor |
| VCUG | voiding cystourethrography |
| VUR | vesicoureteral reflux |