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Medical Terminology Unit 5
Renal and Bladder Terms
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Undergraduate 1
11/01/2010
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ambulatory or ambulate
 Definition
able to move about
Term
azo
 Definition
nitrogen, urea
Term
calculi
 Definition
stones
Term
cyst
 Definition
bladder
Term
glomerulo
 Definition
glomerulus
Term
dialysis
 Definition
cleaning through diffusion
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dys
 Definition
difficulty with
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hydro
 Definition
water
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-iasis
 Definition
formation of
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-in
 Definition
hormone
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intra
 Definition
within
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lith
 Definition
stone
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lysis
 Definition
destruction, split
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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necr
 Definition
death, dead or dying
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nephr
 Definition
nephron (function unit of the kidney)
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olig-
 Definition
few, small amount
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-ostomy
 Definition
opening, or creation of new opening
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path
 Definition
disease
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peritoneal
 Definition
pertaining to the peritoneum
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pyelo
 Definition
reanl pelvis (inner layer of the kidney)
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ren/renal
 Definition
kidney
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sten
 Definition
narrow
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-tripsy
 Definition
surgical crushing
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trans
 Definition
across
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uteter
 Definition
ureter (tube fom kidney to bladder)
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urethra
 Definition
tube for bladder to outside of body
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uro
 Definition
urine/urinary
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ARF
 Definition
acute renal failure
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ATN
 Definition
acute tubular necrosis
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CKD
 Definition
chronic kidney disease
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CRF
 Definition
chronic renal failure
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ESRD
 Definition
end stage renal disease
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HUS
 Definition
hemolytic uremic syndrome
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NS
 Definition
nephrotic syndrome
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APD
 Definition
automated peritoneal dialysis
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CAPD
 Definition
continous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
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CAVH
 Definition
continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration
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CCPD
 Definition
continuous cyclic peritoneal dialysis
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CRTT
 Definition
continuous renal replacement therapy
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CVVH
 Definition
continuous venovenous hemofiltration
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HD
 Definition
hemodialysis
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LT
 Definition
long term
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PD
 Definition
peritoneal dialysis
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ST
 Definition
short term
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ANF
 Definition
atrial natriuretic factor
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BUN
 Definition
blood urea nitrogen
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CC
 Definition
creatinine clearance
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GFR
 Definition
glomerular filtration rate
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IVP
 Definition
intravenous pyelogram
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PNA
 Definition
protein equivalent of nitrogen appearance
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SUN
 Definition
serum urea nitrogen (same as BUN)
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UUN
 Definition
urinary urea nitrogen
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