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Medical Terminology

Urinary System

Anatomy

Combining form for peritoneum:

  • peritone/o

Anatomy

kidney

Combining forms for kidney:

  • nephr/o
  • ren/o

pyel/o = renal pelvis

glomerul/o = glomerulus

nephrolith

nephrolith

nephr/o (kidney) -lith (stone, calculus)

a kidney stone

nephropexy

nephropexy

nephr/o (kidney) -pexy (surgical fixation)

surgical fixation of a floating kidney

nephroptosis

nephroptosis

nephr/o (kidney) -ptosis (drooping, prolapse, downward placement)

abnormal mobility of the kidney : floating kidney

renal

renal

ren/o (kidney) -al (pertaining to)

relating to, involving, affecting, or located in the region of the kidneys

pyeloplasty

pyeloplasty

pyel/o (renal pelvis) -plasty (surgical repair)

plastic surgery of the renal pelvis of a kidney

ureters

Combining form for ureter:

  • ureter/o

ureters

ureterectasis

ureterectasis

ureter/o (ureter) -ectasis (dilation or expansion)

dilation of a ureter

ureterolithiasis

ureterolithiasis

ureter/o (ureter) -lithiasis (condition of stones)

stone in the ureter

bladder

Combining form for bladder:

  • cyst/o
  • vesic/o

cystoscope

cystoscope

cyst/o (bladder, cyst, sac of fluid) -scope (instrument for viewing)

a rigid endoscope for inspecting and passing instruments into the urethra and bladder

vesicocele

vesicocele

vesic/o (bladder) -cele (hernia, protrusion, swelling)

herniation of the urinary bladder

urethra

Combining forms:

  • urethr/o = urethra
  • meat/o = opening, meatus

urethra

urethrostenosis

urethrostenosis

urethr/o (urethra) -stenosis (narrowing, stricture)

the stricture of the urethra leading to difficulty of urine passing

meatotomy

meatotomy

meat/o (opening, meatus) -tomy (incision)

incision of the urethral meatus especially to enlarge it

Functions

Combining forms:

  • dips/o = thirst
  • hydr/o = water
  • ur/o = urine, urinary tract
  • urin/o = urine

uropathy

uropathy

ur/o (urine, urinary tract) -pathy (disease)

a disease of the urinary or urogenital organs

urinary

urinary

urin/o (urine) -ary (pertaining to)

1: relating to, occurring in, or constituting the organs concerned with the formation and discharge of urine 2: of, relating to, or for urine 3: excreted as or in urine

Urinary Conditions

Conditions

Combining forms:

  • azot/o = nitrogenous compounds
  • olig/o = scanty, few
  • kal/i = potassium (an electrolyte)
  • noct/o = night
  • lith/o = stone, calculus

azotemia

azotemia

azot/o (nitrogenous compounds -emia (blood condition)

an excess of urea and other nitrogenous wastes in the blood as a result of kidney insufficiency

oliguira

oliguira

olig/o (scanty, few) -uria (urine)

reduced excretion of urine

hypokalemia

hypokalemia

hypo- (below, under, deficient, decreased) kal/i (potassium (an electrolyte)) -emia (blood condition)

a deficiency of potassium in the blood

nocturia

nocturia

noct/o (night) -uria (urine)

urination at night especially when excessive—called also nycturia

lithogenesis

lithogenesis

lith/o (stone, calculus) -genesis (forming, producing, origin)

of, promoting, or undergoing the formation of calculi

lithotripsy

lithotripsy

lith/o (stone, calculus) -tripsy (surgical crushing)

the breaking of a calculus (as by shock waves or crushing with a surgical instrument) in the urinary system into pieces small enough to be voided or washed out

Abnormal

Urinary Analysis (UA)

Abnormal UA

Combining forms:

  • protein/o = protein
  • albumin/o = albumin (protein)
  • glycos/o = sugar, sweetness, glucose
  • keton/o = ketone bodies (acids and acetones)
  • bacteri/o = bacteria (singular, bacterium)
  • hemat/o = blood
  • py/o = pus

proteinuria

proteinuria

protein/o (protein) -uria (urine)

the presence of excess protein in the urine

albuminuria

albuminuria

albumin/o (albumin (protein)) -uria (urine)

the presence of albumin in the urine that is usually a symptom of disease of the kidneys but sometimes a response to other diseases or physiological disturbances of benign nature

glycosuria

glycosuria

glycos/o (sugar, sweetness, glucose) -uria (urine)

the presence in the urine of abnormal amounts of sugar—called also glucosuria

ketonuria

ketonuria

keton/o (ketone bodies (acids and acetones)) -uria (urine)

the presence of excess ketone bodies in the urine in conditions (as diabetes mellitus and starvation acidosis) involving reduced or disturbed carbohydrate metabolism

bacteriuria

bacteriuria

bacteri/o (bacteria (singular, bacterium)) -uria (urine)

the presence of bacteria in the urine

hematuria

hematuria

hemat/o (blood) -uria (urine)

the presence of blood or blood cells in the urine

pyorrhea

pyorrhea

py/o (pus) -rrhea (discharge, flow)

a discharge of pus

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