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cyst/o, vesic/o
WR: bladder
TERM 2
glomerul/o
DEFINITION 2
WR: glomerulus
TERM 3
nephr/o, ren/o
DEFINITION 3
WR: kidney
TERM 4
pyel/o
DEFINITION 4
WR: renal pelvis
TERM 5
ureter/o
DEFINITION 5
WR: ureter
urethr/o
WR: urethra
TERM 7
aden/o
DEFINITION 7
WR: gland
TERM 8
carcin/o
DEFINITION 8
WR: cancer
TERM 9
enter/o
DEFINITION 9
WR: intestine (usually small intestine)
TERM 10
erythr/o
DEFINITION 10
WR: red
noct/o
WR: night
TERM 17
olig/o
DEFINITION 17
WR: scanty, small
TERM 18
py/o
DEFINITION 18
WR: pus
TERM 19
rect/o
DEFINITION 19
WR: rectum
TERM 20
scler/o
DEFINITION 20
WR: hardening; sclera (white of eye)
ur/o,
urin/o
WR: urine, urinary tract
TERM 22
ven/o
DEFINITION 22
WR: vein
TERM 23
ectomy
DEFINITION 23
S: excision, removal
TERM 24
pexy
DEFINITION 24
S: fixation (of an organ)
TERM 25
plasty
DEFINITION 25
S: surgical repair
algia, dynia
S: pain
TERM 32
cele
DEFINITION 32
S: hernia, swelling
TERM 33
cyte
DEFINITION 33
S: cell
TERM 34
ectasis
DEFINITION 34
S: dilation, expansion
TERM 35
edema
DEFINITION 35
S: swelling
emesis
S: vomiting
TERM 37
emia
DEFINITION 37
S: blood condition
TERM 38
grade
DEFINITION 38
S: to go
TERM 39
gram
DEFINITION 39
S: record, writing
TERM 40
graphy
DEFINITION 40
S: process of recording
lysis
S: separation, destruction, loosening
TERM 47
megaly
DEFINITION 47
S: enlargement
TERM 48
oma
DEFINITION 48
S: tumor
TERM 49
osis
DEFINITION 49
S: abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood
cells)
TERM 50
pathy
DEFINITION 50
S: disease
pepsia
S: digestion
TERM 52
phagia
DEFINITION 52
S: swallowing, eating
TERM 53
phobia
DEFINITION 53
S: fear
TERM 54
ptosis
DEFINITION 54
S: prolapse, downward displacement
TERM 55
rrhea
DEFINITION 55
S: discharge, flow
ist
S: specialist
TERM 62
a, an
DEFINITION 62
P: without, not
TERM 63
dys
DEFINITION 63
P: bad; painful; difficult
TERM 64
in
DEFINITION 64
P: in, not
TERM 65
intra
DEFINITION 65
P: in, within
poly
P: many, much
TERM 67
retro
DEFINITION 67
P: backward, behind
TERM 68
supra
DEFINITION 68
P: above; excessive; superior
TERM 69
ARF
DEFINITION 69
acute renal failure
TERM 70
BPH
DEFINITION 70
benign prostatic hyperplastia; benign prostatic hypertrophy
IVU
intravenous urogram; intravenous urography
TERM 77
KUB
DEFINITION 77
kidney, ureter, bladder
TERM 78
PSA
DEFINITION 78
prostate-specific antigen
TERM 79
UA
DEFINITION 79
urinalysis
TERM 80
UTI
DEFINITION 80
urinary tract infection
azoturia
Increase of nitrogenous substances, especially urea, in urine
TERM 82
diuresis
DEFINITION 82
Increased formation and secretion of urine
TERM 83
end-stage renal disease (ESRD)
DEFINITION 83
Kidney disease that has advanced to the point that the
kidneys can no longer adequately filter the blood and,
ultimately, requires dialysis or renal transplantation for
survival; also called chronic renal failure (CRF)
TERM 84
enuresis
DEFINITION 84
Involuntary discharge of urine after the age at which bladder
control should be established; also called bed-wetting at
night or nocturnal enuresis
TERM 85
renal hypertension
DEFINITION 85
High blood pressure that results from kidney disease
