Medical Terminology (Chapter 15 Urinary System supplementary words)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 epistaxis | nosebleed |
| micturition | urination |
| -ostomy | anastomosis; connection between different vessels |
| urethratresia | imperforate urethra. imperforate= closed off, no opening |
| urethrostaxis | bleeding from urethra |
| urethrotome | surgical instrument designed for incision into urethra |
| urethrismus | spasmic clamping of the urethra |
| urethraurynter | reverse forcept....widens a urethra suffering from stenosis |
| urolagnia | attraction for urine...sexual drive or excitement |
| zoolagnia | sexual attraction for animals |
| coprolagnia | curiosity for feces...attraction for |
| coprophilia | playing with feces..examining it due to a curiosity |
| scopolagnia | sexual obsession for looking or peeping |
| algolagnia | sexual obsession for pain (ie burning, cutting, whipping...) roughness |
| podagra | pain in the foot |
| proctagra | pain in the ass |
| perisaltic | contractions (involuntary) |
| osphresiolagnia | sexually aroused or obsessed with odors or smells |
| herpetic stomatitis | "cold sore" |
| aphthous stomatitis | "canker sore" |
| spanish fly | beetle (cantharides) that acts as a vessicant |
| vessicant | substance that stimulates bleeding, inflammation, and irritation on the bladder |
| vessication | traumatization of the bladder...irritation, bleeding, and inflammation of the bladder |
| parenchyma | cells inside an organ which allow an organ to perform those specific jobs of the organ. |
| chalice | refers to calyces...collects urine from the tubules of the nephron, then drains the urine into the renal pelvis (basin) |
| production of urine | 180 L. only 1% (1.8) is excreted |
| amount of nephrons in a renal cortex | one million |
| glomerulic filtrate | whatever is filtered out from the glomerulus. |
| vasopresin | an anti-diuretic that conserves water by regulating water retention, |
| diathesis | predisposition to |
| allopurinol | treats formation of uric acid, minimizes it. treatment for formation of kidney stones |
| azot- | nitrogen, can't support life |
| calcemia | calcium |
| natremia | sodium |
| kalemia | potassium |
| pH of urine | around 6 |
| specific gravity | 1.003- 1.035 is normal range. higher number means more constituents in urine |
| stone basket | used in kidney stone retrieval |
| fossa | "ditch" in latin; depressed area where the donor kidney is placed during kidney/renal transplantation |
| uric acid kidney stones | not visible in x-rays. however, to detect they look for tissue inflammation around the kidney stones |
| alb | albumin |
| APKD | adult polycystic kidney disease |
| BUN | blood urea nitrogen |
| ESWL | extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy |
| IVP | intravenous pyelogram |
| KUB | Kidney, ureter, bladder |
| RP | retrograde pyelogram |
| SpGr | Specific gravity |
| SUI | stress urinary incontinence |
| UA | urinalysis |
| UTI | urinary tract infection |
| VCU, VCUG | voiding cystourethrogram |
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