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Medical Terminolgy
Part 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Peristaltic Waves | sequqnce of rythmic contractions |
| Plasma | Liquid Portion of Blood |
| Cyst/o | bladder |
| lith/o | stone |
| pyle/o | renal |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| orch/o | testis |
| varic/o | dilated vein |
| vesicul/o | seminal vescile |
| azot/o | nitogenous compounds |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| kal/i | potassium |
| noct/o | night |
| py/o | pus |
| anuria | urine production and output |
| Azotemia | excesive amounts of nitrogenous compounds in the blood |
| Bladder Neck Obstruction | prevents urine |
| Chronic Renal Fialure | kidneys maintain volume and composition of body fluids |
| dysuria | painful urination |
| End-stage Renal disease | kidney function is permanently lost |
| Enuresis | involuntray discharge of urine |
| Fistula | hollow organ to the surface |
| Hydronephrosis | dilation of renal pelvis so the urination can occur |
| Nephrotic Syndrome | Loss of plasma rotien due to an increase permeability of glomerular membrane |
| Nocturia | wetting the bed |
| Oliguria | inefficient excretion of urine |
| Urgency | feeling of the need to void immediatly |
| Vesicoureteral Reflux | failure to urine to pass through the ureters |
| Wilms Tumor | malignant neolpasm of the kideny in children |
| anorchidism | absence of one or both testes |
| aspermia | failure to form or ejaculate semen |
| balanitis | inflammation of skin covering the penis |
| Epispadias | malformation of urethra opening |
| Erectile Dysfunction | inability to maintain erection |
| hyrdocele | serous fluid in teh saclike cavity within testes |
| hypospadias | urethra opens on the underside of the penis |
| phimosis | narrowing of preputial orifice |
| Sterility | Inability to produce offfspring |
| Varicolcele | swelling of he spermatic cord |
| Digital Rectal Examination | screening of rectal wall surface for lesions |
| Electromyography | measure the contraction of muscles tha the control urination |
| Cystoscopy | test for urinary bladdat to test for tumors |
| Nephroscopy | Visualization and irrigation of the kidney |
| Blood Urea Nitrogen | amount of urea nitrogen |
| Culture and Sensitivity | determines the causing organism of a disease |
| Semen Analysis | sperm count |
| Cystometrography | asseses the volume and pressure in teh bladder |
| Intravenous Pyelography | examination of kidneys after iv infection |
| Dialysis | Filter toxic substances from bloodstream |
| Hemodialysis | removing blood from body and putting it through a machine that plays a role simialr to the kidney and filters and returns the blood |
| Nephropexy | fixation of floating kideny |
| Orichdectomy | removal of one or more testes |
| Antibiotics | treat bacterial infections |
| Antispasmodics | decrease spams |
| Diuretics | increase excretion of urine |
| Potassium Supplements | replace potassium |
| Anti-Impotance Agents | treat erectile dysfunciton |
| AGN | Acute glomerulonephritis |
| ARF | Acute Renal Failure |
| ATN | Acute Tubular Necrosis |
| BNO | Bladder Neck Obstruction |
| BUN | Blood Urea Nitrogen |
| DRE | Digital Rectal Examiniation |
| EBT | External beam therapy |
| ESRD | End Stage renal disease |
| ESWL | Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy |
| GU | Genitourinary |
| KUB | Kidney, Ureter, Bladder |
| PCLN | Percutaneour nephrolithotomy |
| sp. gr. | Specific Gravity |
| TURP | Transurethral resection of the ... |
| UA | Urinalysis |
| VCUG | Voiding Cystourethrography Prostate |
| VUR | Vesicoureteral Relfux |
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