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medical terminology ch. 4
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Undergraduate 1
10/19/2010
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Term
cyst
 Definition
bladder, sac
Term
hem
 Definition
blood
Term
hemat
 Definition
blood
Term
lith
 Definition
stone, calculus
Term
nephr
 Definition
kidney
Term
noct
 Definition
night
Term
olig
 Definition
scanty, few
Term
pyel
 Definition
renal pelvis
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ren
 Definition
kidney
Term
ur, urin
 Definition
urination, urine, urinary tract
Term
ureter
 Definition
ureter
Term
urethr
 Definition
urethra
Term
-emia
 Definition
blood condition
Term
-gram
 Definition
record, x-ray image
Term
-graphy
 Definition
processof recording, x-ray imaging
Term
-iasis
 Definition
condition
Term
-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixaiton, suspension
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
suture, repair
Term
hemodialysis
 Definition
removing toxic waste from the blood of a patient with chronic renal failure by shunting the blood from the body through a machine
Term
incontinence
 Definition
inability to control bladder
Term
renal calculi
 Definition
stones in the kindey
Term
renal transplant
 Definition
replacement of a diseased kidney by donor kidney
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urinalysis
 Definition
multiple routine tests done on a urine specimen
UA
Term
urinary catheterization
 Definition
passage of a catheter into the urinary bladder to withdraw urine
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urinary tract infection
 Definition
infection of one or more organs of the urinary tract
UTI
Term
void
 Definition
to pass urine
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-tripsy
 Definition
surgical crushing
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