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Chapter 12
Medical Terminology from chapter 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| cyst/o, vesic/o | bladder or sac |
| dips/o | thirst |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus (small ball) |
| gluc/o, glucos/o, glyc/o | glucose (sugar) |
| ket/o, keton/o | ketone bodies |
| lith/o | stone |
| meat/o | meatus (opening) |
| nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
| py/o | pus |
| Glucose | form of sugar found in the blood and used for energy |
| glucosuria | sugar in the urine |
| glomeruli | plural form of glomerulus |
| ketonuria | presence of ketone bodies in the urine |
| lithiasis | formation or presence of stones |
| urethral meatus | structure through which urine leaves the body |
| nephrosis | abnormal condition of the kidney |
| renal | pertaining to the kidney |
| pyonephritis | term for suppurative (forming pus) inflammation of the kidney |
| APKD | adult polycystic kidney disease |
| ESWL | extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy |
| IVP | intravenous pyelogram |
| IVU | intravenous urogram |
| lpf | low-power field |
| SpGr | specific gravity |
| SUI | stress urinary incontinence |
| UTI | urinary tract infection |
| VCU or VCUG | voiding cystourethrogram |
| nocturia | urination at night after waking up from sleep |
| oliguria | decreased urine production |