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UrinaryWinter
Medical Terminology Urinary Chapter
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | without, not |
| aden/o | gland |
| -al | pertaining to, relating to |
| -algia | pain |
| an- | without, not |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| dia- | through, across |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| erythr/o | red |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hydr/o | water |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition (produced by something specified) |
| -ic | pertaining to, relating to |
| -in | in, not |
| intra- | in, within |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
| meat/o | opening, meatus |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| noct/o | night |
| olig/o | scanty |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
| -ous | pertaining to, relating to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| poly- | many, much |
| -ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ren/o | kidney |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| scler/o | hardening; sclera (white of eye) |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| supra- | above; excessive; superior |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| ur- | urine |
| ur/o | urine |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -uria | urine |
| urin/o | urine |
| us- | condition; structure |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| azoturia | increase of nitrogenous substances, especially urea, in urine |
| diuresis | increased formation and secretion of urine |
| end-stage renal disease(ESRD) | chronic renal failure (CRF) |
| enuresis | involuntary discharge of urine after the age at which bladder control should be established |
| nocturnal enuresis | bedwetting |
| hypospadias | abnormal opening of the male urethra on the under surface of the penis |
| uremia | elevated levels of urea and other nitrogenous waste products in the blood, also called azotemia |
| Wilms tumor | malignant neoplasm of the kidney that occurs in young children, usually before age 5 |
| catheterization | insertion of hollow flexible tube into a body cavity or organ to instill a substance or remove fluid. Most commonly through the urethra into the bladder to withdraw urine |
| dialysis | mechanical filtering process used to cleanse blood of high concentrations of metobolic waste products, draw off excess fluids, and regulate body chemistry when kidneys fail to funcion properly. |
| hemodialysis | dialysis by shunting(diverting)the patient's blood from the body into a dialysis machine for filtering. |
| peritoneal dialysis | dialysis in which the patient's own pertioneum is used as the dialyzin membrane. |
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