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Med Term - Lesson 5
Urinary System
| Prefix, Word Root, Suffix | Definition |
|---|---|
| cyst | bladder; sac |
| hem | blood |
| hemat | blood |
| lith | stone; calculus |
| nephr | kidney |
| noct | night |
| olig | scanty; few |
| pyel | renal pelvis |
| ren | kidney |
| ur; urin | urination; urine; urinary tract |
| ureter | ureter |
| urethr | urethra |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gram | record; tradiographic image |
| -graphy | process of recording; radiographic imaging |
| -iasis | condition |
| -pexy | surgical fixation; suspension |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture; repair |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| hemodialysis | procedue for removing waste from the blood because of an inability of the kidneys to do so |
| incontinence | inability to control the bladder |
| renal calculi | stones in the kidney |
| renal transplant | surgical procedure for replacement of a diseased kidney by a donor kidney |
| urinalysis | laboratory test in which multiple routine tests are done on a urine specimen |
| urinalysis abbreivation | UA |
| urinary catheterization | procedure that involves the passage of a catheter into the urinary bladder to withdraw urine |
| urinary tract infection | infection of one or more organs of the urinary tract |
| urinary tract infection abbreivation | UTI |
| void | to pass urine |