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Chapter 12
Medical Terminology from chapter 12
Term | Definition |
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bacteri/o | bacteria |
cyst/o, vesic/o | bladder or sac |
dips/o | thirst |
glomerul/o | glomerulus (small ball) |
gluc/o, glucos/o, glyc/o | glucose (sugar) |
ket/o, keton/o | ketone bodies |
lith/o | stone |
meat/o | meatus (opening) |
nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
py/o | pus |
Glucose | form of sugar found in the blood and used for energy |
glucosuria | sugar in the urine |
glomeruli | plural form of glomerulus |
ketonuria | presence of ketone bodies in the urine |
lithiasis | formation or presence of stones |
urethral meatus | structure through which urine leaves the body |
nephrosis | abnormal condition of the kidney |
renal | pertaining to the kidney |
pyonephritis | term for suppurative (forming pus) inflammation of the kidney |
APKD | adult polycystic kidney disease |
ESWL | extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy |
IVP | intravenous pyelogram |
IVU | intravenous urogram |
lpf | low-power field |
SpGr | specific gravity |
SUI | stress urinary incontinence |
UTI | urinary tract infection |
VCU or VCUG | voiding cystourethrogram |
nocturia | urination at night after waking up from sleep |
oliguria | decreased urine production |