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Chapter 13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| nocturnal enuresis | night time involuntary urination |
| ollguria | low urine output |
| polydipsia | excessive thirst |
| polyuria | excessive urination |
| urocyanosis | blue urine |
| balanorrhea | discharge from the penis |
| cystorrhexis | rupture of the bladder |
| dipsogenic | creating thirst |
| hyperkalemia | excessive potassium in the blood |
| hypontremia | low sodium in the blood |
| ketolysis | breakdown of ketones |
| ketonuria | pressence of of ketones in the urine |
| meatal stenosis | narrowing if the opening of the urethra |
| nephroptosis | downward displacement of a kidney |
| metr | uterus |
| hystero/hyster | uterus |
| oophor | ovary |
| cyesis | pregnancy |
| mast | breast |
| toco | bladder |
| colpo | vagina |
| nat | birthday |
| lacto | milk |
| DRE | examination of the prostate using a finger inserted into the rectum. |
| HD | procedure for removing waste from the bloodstream |
| BPH | noncancerous overdevelopment of the prostate, also known as an enlarged prostate |
| vesicoureteral reflux | the abnormal flow from the bladder into the ureter (happening backwards) |
| gylcosuria | sugar in the urine |
| glucosuria | sugar in the urine |