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HSII Chpt. 11
Chapter 11: Urology MT (All terms)
| acid/o- | acid (low pH) |
| absorpt/o- | absorb; take in |
| albumin/o- | albumin |
| alges/o- | sensation of pain |
| alkal/o- | base (high pH) |
| ambulat/o- | walking |
| angi/o- | blood vessel; lymphatic vessel |
| arteri/o- | artery |
| bacteri/o- | bacterium |
| bi/o- | life; living organisms; living tissue |
| blast/o- | immature; embryonic |
| calcul/o- | stone |
| calic/o-, cali/o- | calix |
| cancer/o-, carin/o- | cancer |
| catheter/o- | catheter |
| chron/o- | time |
| col/o- | colon |
| congenit/o- | present at birth |
| contin/o- | hold together |
| corpor/o- | body |
| cortic/o- | cortex (outer region) |
| cutane/o- | skin |
| cyst/o- | bladder; fluid-filled sac; semisolid cyst |
| dist/o- | away from the center or point of origin |
| electr/o- | electricity |
| enur/o- | to urinate |
| erythr/o- | red |
| excret/o- | removing from the body |
| filtrat/o- | filtering; straining |
| filtr/o- | filter |
| genit/o- | genitalia |
| gen/o- | arising from; produced by |
| glomerul/o- | glomerulus |
| glycos/o- | glucose (sugar) |
| hemat/o-, hem/o- | blood |
| hil/o- | hilum (indentation in an organ) |
| hyal/o- | clear, glass-like substance |
| hydr/o- | water; fluid |
| infect/o- | disease within |
| interstiti/o- | spaces within tissue |
| kal/i- | potassium |
| keton/o- | ketones |
| leuk/o- | white |
| lith/o- | stone |
| log/o- | word; the study of |
| metr/o- | measurement; uterus (womb) |
| micturi/o- | making urine |
| mucos/o- | mucous membrane |
| necr/o- | dead cells; tissue, or body |
| nephr/o- | kidney; nephron |
| neur/o- | nerve |
| noct/o- | night |
| olig/o- | scanty; few |
| pelv/o- | pelvis (hip bone; renal pelvis) |
| pen/o- | penis |
| peritone/o- | peritoneum |
| prostat/o- | prostate gland |
| protein/o- | protein |
| proxim/o- | near the center or point of origin |
| pyel/o- | renal pelvis |
| pub/o- | pubis (hip bone) |
| py/o- | pus |
| radi/o- | radius (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation |
| radic/o- | all parts including the root |
| refract/o- | bend; deflect |
| ren/o- | kidney |
| resect/o- | to cut out; remove |
| retent/o- | keep; hold back |
| scler/o- | hard; sclera (white of the eye) |
| sensitiv/o- | affected by; sensitive to |
| son/o- | sound |
| spad/o- | tear; opening |
| spasmod/o- | spasm |
| suspens/o- | hanging |
| tom/o- | cut; slice; layer |
| tox/o- | poison |
| transplant/o- | move something to another place |
| tub/o- | tube |
| tubul/o- | tube; small tube |
| ureter/o- | ureter |
| urethr/o- | urethra |
| urin/o-, ur/o- | urine; urinary system |
| vagin/o- | vagina |
| ven/o- | vein |
| vesic/o- | bladder; fluid-filled sac (adjective form) |
| -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -etic, -ic, -ile, -ous, -tic | pertaining to |
| -an | without; not |
| -ate | composed of; pertaining to |
| -ation | a process; being or having |
| -cele | hernia |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectasis | condition of dilation |
| -ectomy | surgical excision |
| -emia | condition of the blood; substance in the blood |
| -ence | state of |
| -esis | a process |
| -grade | pertaining to going |
| -gram | a record or picture |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia, -ias | condition |
| -iasis | state of; process of |
| -in | a substance |
| -ine | thing pertaining to |
| -ion | action; condition |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -itis | inflammation of; infection of |
| -ity | state; condition |
| -ization | process of making, creating or inserting |
| -lysis | process of breaking down or destroying |
| -lyte | dissolved substance |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -ory | having the function of |
| -osis | condition; abnormal condition; process |
| -pathy | disease; suffering |
| -pexy | process of surgically fixing in place |
| -plasty | process of reshaping by surgery |
| -poietin | a substance that forms |
| -ptosis | state of prolapsed; drooping; falling |
| -scope | instrument used to examine |
| -scopy | process of using an instrument to examine |
| -stalsis | process of contraction |
| -tion | a process; being or having |
| -tomy | process of cutting or making an incision |
| -tripsy | process of crushing |
| -triptor | thing that crushes |
| -ule | small thing |
| an- | without; not |
| anti- | against |
| dia- | complete; completely through |
| dys- | painful; difficult; abnormal |
| epi- | upon; above |
| extra- | outside of |
| hypo- | below; deficient |
| in- | in; within; not |
| intra- | within |
| per- | through; throughout |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many; much |
| re- | again and again; backward; unable to |
| retro- | behind; backward |
| supra- | above |
| trans- | across; through |
| ultra- | beyond; higher |
| acute | having a sudden onset, sharp rise, and short course |
| ascites | a grossly enlarged, fluid-distended abdomen |
| bladder | an abnormal concretion in the body, usually formed of mineral salts and most commonly |
| calculus (pl. calculi) | found in the gallbladder, kidney, or urinary bladder; (also “stone”) |
| caliber | the diameter of the inside of a round cylinder, such as a tube |
| calyx (pl. calices) | areas in the kidney that serve to drain urine |
| catheter | a flexible tube |
| condom | a sheath commonly of rubber worn over the penis (as to prevent conception or venereal infection during sexual activity) |
| convoluted | rolled or wound together with one part upon another |
| cortex (pl. cortices) | an area of the kidney just beneath the outer capsule of fibrous connective tissue |
| creatinine | a waste product of the body from muscle contractions |
| donor | one used as a source of biological material (as blood or an organ) |
| esterase | an enzyme that accelerates the hydrolysis or synthesis of esters |
| fistula | an abnormal passage from a hollow organ to the body surface, or from one organ to another |
| flank | the fleshy part of the side between the ribs and the hip |
| Foley catheter | an indwelling tube that drains urine continuously from the bladder |
| fundus | the rounded top of the bladder (Latin for “the part farthest away from the opening”) |
| glomerulus (pl. glomeruli) | a network of intertwining capillaries within the kidney (Latin for “ball of yarn”) |
| glucose | the presence of glucose in urine indicates uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, with excess glucose in the blood “spilling” over into the urine. |
| hilum (pl. hila) | an area of indentation on the medial surface of the kidney |
| hydroureter | an enlargement of the ureter from obstructed urine |
| ketones | presence found in urine indicate the body is metabolizing fat instead of glucose (seen in uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, malnutrition, or in marathon runners) |
| kidney | either of a pair of bean-shaped organs in the back part of the abdominal cavity that form and excrete urine, regulate fluid and electrolyte balance, and act as endocrine glands |
| meatus | a natural body passage, (Latin for “a passage”) |
| medulla (pl. medullae) | an area of the kidney beneath the renal cortex |
| musosa | a mucous membrane lining the bladder |
| nephron | a microscopic structure in the kidney; the site of urine production |
| nephron loop | (formerly loop of Henle) a u-shaped tubule at the proximal end of the convoluted tubule |
| occult | hidden |
| orifice | an opening through which something may pass |
| parenchyma | the functional or working area of any organ |
| penis | the male organ of copulation and of urinary excretion |
| pH | a test of how acidic or alkaline the urine is |
| postvoid | after urination |
| prostate | a spherical gland at the base of the bladder in men |
| protein | presence of protein in the urine indicates damage to the glomerulus |
| renal pelvis (pl. pelves) | a large, funnel-shaped cavity in the kidney that narrows to become the ureter |
| rugae (sing. ruga) | folds in the mucosa of the bladder when it is empty (Latin for “wrinkle”) |
| sphincter | muscle that normally maintains constriction of a body passage or orifice and that relaxes as required by normal physiological functioning |
| turbid urine | cloudy or milky (in urine indicates white blood cells and a urinary tract infection) |
| urea | a waste product of the body from protein metabolism |
| ureter | a 12-inch tube that connects the renal pelvis of the kidney to the bladder |
| urethra | a tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body |
| uric acid | a waste product of the body from prurine metabolism which occurs pathologically in renal |
| urinalysis | a test to determine the characteristics of the urine and detect substances in it |
| uric acid/urate nephrolithiasis | calculi (kidney stones) and the tophi of gout |
| Wilms’ tumor | a cancer of the kidney that occurs in children from residual embryonic or fetal tissue |
| ARF | acute renal failure |
| BUN | blood urea nitrogen |
| CAPD | continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis |
| cath | catheterize or catheterization (slang) |
| cc | cubic centimeter (measure of volume) |
| CCPD | continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis |
| CRF | chronic renal failure |
| C&S | culture and sensitivity |
| cysto | cystoscopy (slang) |
| epi | epithelial cell (in the urine specimen)(slang) |
| ESWL | extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy |
| ESRD | end-stage renal disease |
| GU | genitourinary or gonococcal urethritis |
| Hpf | high-power field |
| I&O | intake and output |
| IVP | intravenous pyelography |
| K, K + | potassium |
| KUB | kidneys, ureters, bladder |
| mL | milliliter (measure of volume) |
| pH | potential of hydrogen (acidity or alkalinity) |
| RBC | red blood cell |
| SG, sp gr | specific gravity |
| TNTC | too numerous to count |
| TURBT | transurethral resection of bladder tumor |
| UA | urinalysis |
| UTI | urinary tract infection |
| VMA | vanillylmandelic acid |
| WBC | white blood cell |
Created by:
Tea Lad
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