UrinaryWinter Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
a- | without, not |
aden/o | gland |
-al | pertaining to, relating to |
-algia | pain |
an- | without, not |
carcin/o | cancer |
-cele | hernia, swelling |
cyst/o | bladder |
dia- | through, across |
-dynia | pain |
dys- | bad; painful; difficult |
-ectasis | dilation, expansion |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-edema | swelling |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | blood condition |
erythr/o | red |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
-gram | record, writing |
-graphy | process of recording |
hemat/o | blood |
hydr/o | water |
-ia | condition |
-iasis | abnormal condition (produced by something specified) |
-ic | pertaining to, relating to |
-in | in, not |
intra- | in, within |
-ist | specialist |
-itis | inflammation |
lith/o | stone, calculus |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
meat/o | opening, meatus |
-megaly | enlargement |
nephr/o | kidney |
noct/o | night |
olig/o | scanty |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
-ous | pertaining to, relating to |
-pathy | disease |
-pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
-phobia | fear |
-plasty | surgical repair |
poly- | many, much |
-ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
py/o | pus |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
ren/o | kidney |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
scler/o | hardening; sclera (white of eye) |
-scope | instrument for examining |
-scopy | visual examination |
-stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
supra- | above; excessive; superior |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-tomy | incision |
-tripsy | crushing |
ur- | urine |
ur/o | urine |
ureter/o | ureter |
urethr/o | urethra |
-uria | urine |
urin/o | urine |
us- | condition; structure |
vesic/o | bladder |
azoturia | increase of nitrogenous substances, especially urea, in urine |
diuresis | increased formation and secretion of urine |
end-stage renal disease(ESRD) | chronic renal failure (CRF) |
enuresis | involuntary discharge of urine after the age at which bladder control should be established |
nocturnal enuresis | bedwetting |
hypospadias | abnormal opening of the male urethra on the under surface of the penis |
uremia | elevated levels of urea and other nitrogenous waste products in the blood, also called azotemia |
Wilms tumor | malignant neoplasm of the kidney that occurs in young children, usually before age 5 |
catheterization | insertion of hollow flexible tube into a body cavity or organ to instill a substance or remove fluid. Most commonly through the urethra into the bladder to withdraw urine |
dialysis | mechanical filtering process used to cleanse blood of high concentrations of metobolic waste products, draw off excess fluids, and regulate body chemistry when kidneys fail to funcion properly. |
hemodialysis | dialysis by shunting(diverting)the patient's blood from the body into a dialysis machine for filtering. |
peritoneal dialysis | dialysis in which the patient's own pertioneum is used as the dialyzin membrane. |
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