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Urinary System
Medical Terminology
Question | Answer |
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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 |