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Medix MOA White Mod2
Genitourinary with abbreves
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| juxta- | beside |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many, much |
| epi- | above, on top |
| dys- | painful, difficult, bad |
| A/G | albumin-globulin ratio |
| AGN | acute glomerulonephritis |
| ARF | acute renal failure |
| ATN | acute tubular necrosis |
| BNO | bladder neck obstruction |
| BPH | benign prostatic hyperplasia, or hypertrophy |
| BUN | blood urea nitrogen |
| C & S | culture & sensitivity |
| cath | catheterization or catheter |
| cysto | cystoscopy |
| DRE | digital rectal examination |
| ED | erectile dysfunction, or emergency department |
| ESRD | end-stage renal disease |
| ESL, ESWL | extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy |
| EU | excretory urography |
| HD | hemodialysis, hip disarticulation or hearing distance |
| IVP | intravenous pyelography |
| IVU | intravenous urography |
| K | potassium |
| KUB | kidney, ureter, bladder |
| Na | sodium |
| PCNL | percutaneous nephrolithotomy |
| pH | symbol for degree of acidity or alkalinity |
| PSA | prostate-specific antigen |
| RP | retrograde pyelography |
| SG, sp.gr. | specific gravity |
| TSE | testicular self-examination |
| TUR, TURP | transurethral resection of the prostate |
| UA | urinalysis |
| UTI | urinary tract infection |
| -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -uria | urine |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | herniation of |
| albumin/o | albumin or protein |
| andr/o | male |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cyst/o, vesic/o | bladder |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| noct/o | night |
| prostat/o | prostate or prostate gland |
| py/o | pus |
| sperm/o, spermat/o | sperm |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| vesicul/o | seminal vesicle |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| cali/o or calic/o | calyx |
| nephr/o or ren/o | kidney |
| olig/o | scanty |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| vas/o | vas deferens, duct |
| ur/o or urin/o | urine, urinary |
| orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o | testes |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| meat/o | opening |
| perine/o | perineum |
| peritone/o | peritoneal, peritoneum (abdominal cavity) |
| varic/o | dilated vein |
| azot/o | nitrogenous compounds |
| gonad/o | gonads, sex glands |
| kal/I | potassium |
| keton/o | ketone bodies or acids and acetones |
| -cide | killing |
| -spadias | slit, fissure |
| dia- | through or across |
| retro- | backward, behind |
| -al, -ar, -ic | pertaining to |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -scope | instrument to view |
| -scopy | process of viewing |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
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