The urinary system
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breathejacki on March 31, 2009
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45 terms
Quechua | English |
|---|---|
| albuminuria |  protein albumin in the urine |
| anuria | without urinating |
| bilateral | pertaining to 2 sides |
| catheter | tube inserted into the bladder through the urethra |
| catheterization | process of inserting a catheter into the urethra into the bladder to drain the bladder for health reasons or obtaining an uncontaminated sample |
| cystectomy | surgical removal of the bladder |
| cystic | pertaining to the bladder |
| cystitis | inflammation of bladder |
| cystocele | herniation of the bladder when it protrudes into the vagina |
| cystoscope | instrument used to view the bladder |
| cystoscopy | surgical examination of the bladder using a cystoscope |
| cystostomy | surgically making a new opening in the bladder |
| cystoureteroscopy | examination of the ureters into the bladder |
| diuresis | excreting an abnormally large amount of urine |
| dysuria | painful urination |
| excretion | the method for the elimination of wastes from the body |
| glomerulonephritis | inflammation of the glomeruli in the kidneys |
| glycosuria | sugar in the urine |
| hematuria | blood in the urine |
| ketonuria | ketones in the urine |
| laparascopic nephrectomy | surgical removal of a kidney through the abdominal wall |
| lithotripsy | surgical crushing of a stone |
| nephrectomy | surgical removal of a kidney |
| lithotrite | an instrument used for surgical crushing of a stone |
| nephritis | inflammation of a kidney |
| nephrolith | kidney stone |
| nephrolithiasis | a condition in which kidney stones are present |
| nephrolithotomy | inscision into the kidney because of a kindey stone |
| nephromalacia | softening of the kidney |
| nephromegaly | enlargement of a kidney |
| nephropexy | sugical attatchment of a prolapsed kidney |
| nephroscope | an instrument used to veiw the kidney |
| nephrosis | a condition in which there are degenerative chages but not inflammation |
| nephrostomy | surgical creation of an opening into the kidney |
| nephrotomy | inscision into the kidney |
| nephrotoxic | destructive to kidney tissue |
| oliguria | scanty, less than normal urine |
| percutaneous nephrostomy | creating of an opening into the kidney with an inscision into the abdomincal wall |
| polycystic | many cysts |
| polyp | a tumor found on a mucousal surface |
| polyuria | excessive urination |
| pyelitis | inflammation of the renal pelvis |
| pyelolithotomy | inscision into the renal pelvis to excise a stone |
| pyuria | the presence of pus in the urine |
| stenosis | contriction or narrowing |
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