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HLHS Chap 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| ren/o | kidney |
| ur/o | urine |
| urin/o | urine |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| meat/o | opening |
| balan/o | penis |
| epididym/o | epidiymis |
| orch/o | testicle |
| orchi/o | testicle |
| orchid/o | testicle |
| test/o | testicle |
| testicul/o | testicle |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| sperm/o | sperm |
| spermat/o | sperm |
| sperm/i | sperm |
| enuresis | involuntary urination |
| nocturia | nighttime urination |
| priapism | persistent and painful erection |
| albumin/o | protein |
| azot/o | nitrogen |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| disp/o | thirst |
| -genic | creating |
| kal/o | potassium |
| natr/o | sodium |
| meatal stenosis | narrowing of the opening of the urethra |
| diuresis | excessive urination |
| voiding | another term for urination |
| hypospadias | birth defect in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside, instead of the end, of the penis |
| phimosis | contraction of the foreskin of the penis, preventing it from being retracted |
| -ectasia | dilation/expansion |
| isch- | hold back |
| varicocele | overexpansion of the blood vessels of the testicles, leading to a soft tumor |
| chlamydia | sexually transmitted disease characterized by genital discharge and painful urination |
| gonorrhea | STI characterized by discharge from the gonads |
| HSV | family of highly contagious viruses that affect mucous membranes and produce watery blisters that eventually scab over |
| HIV | a disease that compromises a patients immune system leaving them open to other opportunistic infections |
| HPV | a virus that can cause warts and precancerous lesions in genital areas |
| syphilis | STI characterized at first by skin irritations then later developing into neurological and heart symptoms |
| trichomoniasis | STI characterized by genital itching, painful urination, and genital discharge |
| fuiguration | use of electric current to destroy tissue |
| -pexy | fixation |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| BUN | blood urea nitrogen |
| cath | catheter |
| ESWL | extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy |
| HD | hemodialysis |
| I&O | intake and output |
| IVP | intravenous pyelogram |
| IVU | intravenous urogram |
| KUB | kidneys, ureters, bladder |
| OAB | overactive bladder |
| PKD | polycystic kidney disease |
| RP | retrograde pyelogram |
| SUI | stress urinary incontinence |
| UA | urinalysis |
| VCUG | voiding cystourethrogram |
| VUR | vesicoureteral reflux |
| BPH | benign prostate hyperplasia |
| DRE | digital rectal exam |
| PSA | prostate-specific antigen |
| TURP | transurethral resection of the prostate |
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