urinary system
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| uro | urine or urinary tract
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| cysto | bladder, cyst or fluid filled sac
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| vesico | bladder or blister
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| pyelo | renal pelvis
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| gono | genitals or reproduction
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| nocto | night
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| nocti | night
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| oligo | few, scanty
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| keto, ketono | ketone bodies
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| renal pelvis | "funnel shaped", drains urine from the kidney to the ureter
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| -poietin | that which causes prodution
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| vesicle | pertaining to a fluid-filled sac, usually the urinary bladder
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| anti diuretic | increases reabsorption of H2O by renal tubules; decrease urine production
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| micturition | urination
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| voiding | urination
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| specific gravity | density of urine compared with the density of water
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| urea | nitrogen compound, final product of protein metabolism
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| creatinine | nitrogen product produced by the body's normal metabolism
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| urinary casts | gelatinous structures that take shape of renal tubulesu
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| indwelling catheter | left in place for a prolonged period
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| foley catheter | held in place by a balloon tip filled with sterile liquid
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| electro/myo/graphy | evaluate the strength of perineal muscles used in voiding
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| cysto/metro/graphy | information on the amount of pressure exerted on the bladder wall
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| perineum | supports and surrounds distal parts of urogenital and gastrointestinal tracts
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| intravenous urography | xray of entire urinary system after urine has been rendered with contrast
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| nephro | kidney
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| oliguria | diminished capacity to form urine, less than 500 ml
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| anuria | urinary out put of less tan 100 ml
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| hesitancy | difficulty beginning flow, decrease in the force of urine stream
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| urinary retention | incomplete emptying of bladder
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| urinary incontinence | inability to control urination
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| enuresis | inability to control urination
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| wilms tumor | malignant neoplasm of the kidney that occurs in young children
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| uremia | accumulation of waste products in blood from inadequate functioning of the urinary system
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| renal failure | inability of kidneys to excrete wastes
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| nephrotic syndrome | abnormal condition of the kidney, characterized by proteinuria and edema
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| diabetes insipidus | not related to the body's use of insulin. May be hormonal or renal. Urinary output exceeds 3000 ml a day
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| neuro/genic bladder | dysfunction of the bladder caused by a lesion of the nervous system
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| hydro/nephrosis | distension of renal pelvis with urine obstructing the upper part of the ureter
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| hydro/ureter | distension of a ureter with urine or watery fluid
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| kidney dialysis or hemo/dialysis | diffusing blood through a semipermeable membrane to remove toxic materials and maintain the acid base balance of an impaired kidney
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| laparo/scopic nephrectomy | removal of kidney through several small incisions in the abdominal wall
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| lithotrite | instrument used in conjunction with a catheter to crush bladder stones
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| ureterocystostomy | transplantation of the ureter to a differentr site on the bladder
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| nephropexy | corrects nephroptosis "floating kidney"
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| diuresis | excessive or increased urination
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