Question | Answer |
glomerul/o | little ball, glomerulus |
meat/o | opening |
nephr/o | kidney |
ren/o | kidney |
ureter/o | ureter |
urethr/o | urethra |
ur/o, urin/o | urine |
Urinary system | Maintains purity by removing unwanted waste materials and recycling other material, filters the blood, removes metabolic waste, toxins, excess ions, and controls blood volume, |
urinalysis (UA) | using urine dipstick, microscopy to analyze urine |
dysuria | bad, abnormal, painful, burning with urination. |
hematuria | blood in urine |
nocturia | need to urinate frequently at night |
polyuria | excessive urination |
cystitis | inflammation of the urinary bladder (UTI) |
incontinence | inability to control urine |
nephritis | inflammation of the kidney |
nephrolithiasis | presence of stone, calculi within kidney |
urinary tract infection (UTI) | infection of the urinary organs (urethra, urinary bladder) |
cystoscopy | procedure in which an endocope is used to view the interior of the urinary bladder |
hemodialysis | a procedure in which blood is pushed through a permeable membrane (filter) within a machine to remove waste from the blood |
lithotripsy | a surgical technique that applies sound wave to dissolve stones into smaller pieces that may pass with urine |
nephrology | the study of the kidney |
urinary catheterization | a flexible tube that is inserted through urethra to enter urinary bladder |
urologist | a physician who specializes in diseases of the urinary system |
gravid/o, gravidar/o | pregnancy |
men/o, menstru/o | month, menstruation |
orch/o, orchid/o | testis |
pen/o | penis |
prostat/o | prostate gland |
balanitis | inflammation of the glans penis |
benign prostatic hyperplasia | enlargement of the prostate gland that may cause constriction of the urethra |
cryptorchidism | a condition of an undescended testis |
prostate cancer | aggressive tumor of the prostate that can cause urinary obstruction and spread to other organs |
vasectomy | a procedure in which the vas deferens is severed to block the flow of sperm |
amenorrhea | absence of menstrual discharge (menses) |
dysmenorrhea | abnormal pain during menstruation |
cervial cancer | malignant tumor of the cervix associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) |
endometriosis | A condition characterized by endometrial tissue outside of the uterus to other pelvic locations causing pain during menstruation |
mastitis | inflammation of the breast tissue |
Pelvic inflammatory disease | PID- inflammation involving some or all of the female reproductive organs usually caused by an STD |
premenstrual syndrome | PMS- a collection of symptoms, including nervous tissue, irritability, breast pain (mastalgia), edema, and headache. |
dilation and curettage | D&C- a procedure that is used for both diagnostic and treatment purposes in which a spoon shaped instrument called a curette is used to scrape the inner lining of the uterus |
Pap smear | diagnostic procedure that screens for precancerous cervical dysplasia and cervical cancer also known as Papanicolaou smear |
tubal ligation | female sterilization procedure in which the fallopian tubes are severed and closed |
hyperemesis gravidarum | symptoms of severe nausea and emesis during pregnancy |
pseudocyesis | a sensation of being pregnant when a pregnancy does not exist |