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CYST/O   BLADDER  
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VESIC/O   BLADDER  
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GLOMERUL/O   GLOMERULUS  
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LITH/O   STONE,CALCULUS  
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MEAT/O   OPENING,MEATUS  
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NEPHR/O   KIDNEY  
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REN/O   KIDNEY  
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PYEL/O   RENAL PELVIS  
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UR/O   URETER  
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URETHR/O   URETHRA  
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ANDR/O   MALE  
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EPIDIDIYM/O   EPIDIDYMIS  
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ORCH/O   TESTIS  
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ORCHI/O   TESTIS  
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ORCHID/O   TESTIS  
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TEST/O   TESTIS  
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PERINE/O   PERINEUM  
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PROSTAT/O   PROSTATE GLAND  
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SPERMAT/O   SPERMATOZOA, SPERM CELLS  
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SPERM/O   SPERM CELLS  
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VARIC/O   DILATED VEIN  
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VAS/O   VESSEL; VAS DEFERENS; DUCT  
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VESICUL/O   SEMINAL VESICLE  
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ALBUMIN/O   ALBUMIN, PROTEIN  
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AZOT/O   NITROGENOUS COMPOUNDS  
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BACTERI/O   BACTERIA  
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CRYPT/O   HIDDEN  
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GONAD/O   GONADS, SEX GLANDS  
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KAL/I   POTASSIUM  
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KETON/O   KETONE BODIES  
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NOCT/O   NIGHT  
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OLIG/O   SCANTY  
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PY/O   PUS  
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-CIDE   KILLING  
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-GENESIS   FORMING,PRODUCING,ORIGIN  
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-IASIS   ABNORMAL CONDITION  
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-ISM   CONDITION  
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-SPADIAS   SLIT,FISSURE  
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-URIA   URINE  
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DIA-   THROUGH,ACROSS  
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RETRO-   BACKWARD,BEHIND  
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_____ IS THE ABSENCE OF URINE PRODUCTION OR URINARY OUTPUT.   ANURIA  
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______ IS THE RETENTION OF EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF NITROGENOUS COMPOUNDS.   AZOTEMIA  
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PAINFUL OR DIFFICULT URINATION.   DYSURIA  
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RENAL FAILURE THAT OCCURS OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS.   CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE  
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INVOLUNTARY DISCHARGE OF URINE.   ENURESIS  
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ABNORMAL PASSAGE FROM A HOLLOW ORGAN TO THE SURFACE OR FROM ONE ORGAN TO ANOTHER.   FISTULA  
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VOIDING URINE AT FREQUENT INTERVALS.   FREQUENCY  
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INVOLUNTARY DELAY IN INITIATING URINATION.   HESITANCY  
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ABNORMAL DILATION OF THE RENAL PELVIS AND THE CALYCES OF ONE OR BOTH KIDNEYS.   HYDRONEPHROSIS  
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EXCESSIVE OR FREQUENT URINATION AFTER GOING TO BED.   NOCTURIA  
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INHERITED DISEASE IN WHICH SACS OF FLUID CALLED CYSTS DEVELOP IN THE KIDNEYS.   POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE (PKD)  
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FEELING OF THE NEED TO VOID IMMEDIATELY.   URGENCY  
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DISORDER CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF URINE TO PASS THROUGH THE URETERS TO THE BLADDER.   VESICOURETERAL REFLUX (VUR)  
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RAPIDLY DEVELOPING MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF THE KIDNEY THAT USUALLY OCCURS IN CHILDREN.   WILMS TUMOR  
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CONGENITAL ABSENCE OF ONE OR BOTH TESTES.   ANORCHIDISM  
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FAILURE TO FORM OR EJACULATE SEMEN.   ASPERMIA  
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INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN COVERING THE GLANS PENIS.   BALANITIS  
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REPEATED INABILITY TO INITIATE OR MAINTAIN AN ERECTION SUFFICIENT FOR SEXUAL INTERCOURSE.   ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION (ED)  
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MALFORMATION IN WHICH THE URETHRA OPENS ON THE DORSUM OF THE PENIS.   EPISPADIAS  
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CONDITION IN WHICH KIDNEY FUNCTION IS PERMANENTLY LOST.   END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE (ESRD)  
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STENOSIS OR NARROWING OF PERPUTIAL ORIFICE SO THAT THE FORESKIN CANNOT BE RETRACTED.   PHIMOSIS  
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SCREENING TEST THAT ASSESSES THE RECTAL WALL SURFACE FOR LESIONS.   DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION (DRE)  
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MEASURES THE CONTRACTION OF MUSCLES THAT CONTROL URINATION.   ELECTROMYOGRAPHY (EMG)  
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SELF-EXAM OF THE TESTES.   TESTICULAR SELF-EXAMINATION (TSE)  
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TEST THAT DETERMINES THE AMOUNT OF UREA NITROGEN PRESENT IN A BLOOD SAMPLE.   BLOOD UREA NITROGEN (BUN)  
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TEST THAT DETERMINES THE CAUSATIVE ORGANISM OF A DISEASE AND HOW IT RESPONDS TO ANTIBODIES.   CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY (C&S)  
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BLOOD TEST USED TO DETECT PROSTATIC DISORDERS, ESPECIALLY PROSTATIC CANCER.   PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN (PSA)  
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TEST THAT ANALYZES A SEMEN SAMPLE.   SEMEN ANALYSIS  
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BATTERY OF TESTS PERFORMED ON A URINE SPECIMEN.   URINALYSIS (UA)  
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RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF THE URINARY BLADDER.   CYSTOGRAPHY  
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RADIOGRAPIC EXAMINATION OF THE KIDNEYS,AND URINARY TRACT AFTER IV INJECTION.   INTRAVENOUS PYLEOGRAPHY (IVP)  
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RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION TO DETERMINE THE LOCATION, SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE KIDNEYS.   KIDNEY,URETER,BLADDER RADIOGRAPHY (KUB)  
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RADIOLOGY TEST IN WHICH RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS ARE USED WITH A SPECIALIZED CAMERA.   NUCLEAR SCAN  
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MEDICAL PROCEDURE USED TO FILTER TOXIC SUBSTANCES FROMTHE PATIENT'S BLOODSTREAM.   DIALYSIS  
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METHOD OF REMOVING WASE SUBSTANCES FROM THE BODY BY PASSING IT THROUGH A MACHINE.   HEMODIALYSIS  
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REMOVAL OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES FROM THE BODY BY INJECTING WARM STERILE CHEMICAL SOLUTION.   PERITONEAL DIALYSIS  
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REMOVAL OF ALL OR PART OF THE FORESKIN OF THE PENIS.   CIRCUMCISION  
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FIXATION OF A FLOATING OR MOBILE KIDNEY.   NEPHROPEXY  
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REMOVAL OF ONE OR BOTH TESTES.   ORCHIDECTOMY  
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SURGICAL PROCEDURE THAT INVOLVES INSERTING A RESECTOSCOPE INTO THE URETHA.   TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE (TURP)  
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INCISION OF A URETHRAL STRICTURE.   URETHROTOMY  
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EXCISION OF ALL OR A SEGMENT OF THE VAS DEFERENS.   VASECTOMY  
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TREAT BACTERIAL INFECTIONS OF THE URINARY TRACT.   ANTIBIOTICS  
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DECREASE SPASMS IN THE URETHRA AND BLADDER.   ANTISPASMODICS  
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PROMOTE AND INCREASE THE EXCRETION OF URINE.   DIURETICS  
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REPLACE POTASSIUM DUE TO DEPLETION CAUSED BY DIURETICS.   POTASSIUM SUPPLEMENTS  
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INCREASE TESTOSTERONE LEVELS.   ANDROGENS  
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TREAT ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION (IMPOTENCE).   ANTI-IMPOTENCE AGENTS  
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AGN   ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS  
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ARF   ACUTE RENAL FAILURE  
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ATN   ACUTE TUBULAR NECROSIS  
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BNO   BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION  
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BPH   BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA;BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY  
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BUN   BLOOD UREA NITROGEN  
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C&S   CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY  
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Cath   CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER  
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CYSTO   CYSTOSCOPY  
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DRE   DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION  
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EBT   EXTERNAL BEAM THERAPY  
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ED   ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION  
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EMG   ELECTROMYOGRAM;ELECTROMYOGRAPHY  
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ESRD   END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE  
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ESWL   EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK-WAVE LITHROTRIPSY  
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GU   GENITOURINARY  
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HD   HEMODIALYSIS  
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HTN   HYPERTENSION  
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IVP   INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAM;INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY  
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K   POTASSIUM  
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KUB   KINDEY,URETER,BLADDER  
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Na   SODIUM  
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PCNL   PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY  
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pH   SYMBOL FOR DEGREE OF ACIDITY OR ALKALINITY  
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PKD   POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE  
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PSA   PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN  
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RP   RETROGRADE PYELOGRAM; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY  
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sp.gr.   SPECIFIC GRAVITY  
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TSE   TESTICULAR SELF-EXAMINATION  
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TURP   TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE  
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UA   URINALYSIS  
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UTI   URINARY TRACT INFECTION  
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VCUG   VIODING CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY PROSTATE  
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