Urinary System
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| Ablation | to remove or destroy especially by cutting or abrading.
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| Anuria | absence of or defective urine excretion.
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| Azot/o | nitrogenous waste
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| Azotemia | accumulation of nitrogenous waste in the bloostream.
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| Bacteriuia | presence of bacteria in the urine.
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| BPH | Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
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| Cele | suffix for protrusion.
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| Cyst/o | bladder
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| Cystitis | inflammation f the urinary bladder
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| Cystocele | hernia of a bladder and especially the urinary bladder
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| Cystolith | a urinary calculus.
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| Cystoscopy | the use of a cystoscope to examine the bladder.
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| Dialysis | either of two medical procedures to remove waste or toxins from the blood and adjust fluid and electrolyte imbalances by utilizing rates at which substances diffuse through a semipermeable membrane.
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| Siuresis | an increased excretion of urine.
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| Ectasis | suffix for dilated.
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| End-Stage Renal Disease | final stage of kidney failure (as that resulting from diabetes, chronic hypertension, or glomerulonephritis) that is marked by the complete or nearly complete irreversible loss of renal function.
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| Enuresis | an involuntary discharge of urine.
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| Epispadias | a congenital defect in which the urethra opens upon the upper surface of the penis
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| ESWL | Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy
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| Genic | suffix for produced by
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| Glomerulonephritis | acute or chronic nephritis that involves inflammation of the capillaries of the renal glomeruli, has various causes (such as streptococcal infection , lupus, or vasculitis)or may be of unknown cause, marked by blood or protein in urine.
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| Hemodialysis | process of removing blood from an artery (as of a kidney patient), purifying it by dialysis, adding vital substances, and returning it to a vein.
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| Hydronephrosis | cystic distention of kidney caused by accumulation of urine in the renal pelvis as a result of obstruction to outflow and accompanied by atrophy of the kidney structure and cyst formation.
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| Hydroureter | abnormal distension of the ureter with urine.
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| Hypospadias | an abnormality of the penis in which the urethra opens on the underside.
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| Incontinence | inability of the body to control the evacuative functions.
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| Interstitial Cystitis | a chronic idiopathic cystitis characterized by painful inflammation of the subepithelial connective tissue and often accompanied by Hunner's ulcer.
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| Intravenous Pyelogram | a pyelogram in which radiographic visualization is obtained after intravenous administration of a radiopaque medium which collects in and is excreted by the kidneys.
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| Lith/o | stone
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| Lithiasis | suffix for condition of stones.
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| Meat/o | meatus
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| Nephr/o | kidney stone
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| Nephrogram | x-ray record of the kidney
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| Nephrolith | kidney stone
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| Nephrolithiasis | a condition marked by the presence of renal calculi
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| Nephrology | branch of medicine involved in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the kidney.
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| Nephrons | a single excretory unit especially of the vertebrate.
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| Nephropathy | an abnormal state of the kidney.
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| Nephroptosis | abnormal mobility of the kidney.
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| Nephrostomy | the surgical formation of an opening between a renal pelvis and the outside of the body.
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| Nephrotic Syndrome | an abnormal condition that is marked especially by a deficiency of albumin in the blood and excess excretion of protein in the urine.
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| Noct/o | night
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| Olig/o | scanty
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| Oliguria | reduced excretion of urine
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| Peritoneal Dialysis | a procedure performed in the peritoneal cavity in which the peritonieum acts as the semipermeable membrane.
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| Polycystic Kidney Disease | either of two hereditary diseases characterized by gradually enlarging bilateral cysts of the kidney which lead to reduced renal functioning.
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| Polyuria | ecessive secretion of urine.
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| Protatism | a disorder resulting from obstruction of the bladder neck by an enlarged prostate gland.
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| Pyel/o | renal pelvis
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| Pyelogram | x-ray record of the renal pelvis.
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| Pyeloplasty | plastic surgery of the renal pelvis of a kidney.
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| Pyelotomy | surgical incision into the renal pelvis of a kidney.
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| Pyuria | presence of pus in the urine.
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| Ren/o | renal
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| Stricture | narrowing of a passageway in the urinary system.
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| Tripsy | suffix for surgical crushing.
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| Ur/o | urine
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| Uremia | accumulation in the blood of constituents normally eliminated in the urine that produces a severe toxic condition and usually occurs in severe kidney disease.
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| Ureter/o | ureter
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| Ureterectasis | dilation of a ureter.
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| Ureterolith | ureter stone.
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| Ureterorraphy | the surgical operation of suturing a ureter.
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| Urethr/o | urethra
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| Urethralgia | urethral pain.
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| Urethritis | inflammation of the urethra.
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| Urethropexy | surgical fixation to nearby tissue of a displaced urethra that is causing incontinence by placing stress on the opening from the bladder.
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| Urethrotomy | surgical incision into the urithra especially for the relief of stricture.
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| Urin/o | urine
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| Urology | branch of medicine involved in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the urinary system.
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| Wilms Tumor | a malignant tumor of the kidney that primarily affects children and is made up of embryonic elements (also known as a nephroblastoma).
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