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Med Term - Lesson 5
Urinary System
Prefix, Word Root, Suffix | Definition |
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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 |