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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
CHAPTER 11 REVIEW
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CYSTOURETEROGRAPHY
Definition
XRAY TECHNIQUE IMAGING THE URINARY BLADDER AND THE URETERS
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NOCTURIA
Definition
EXCESSIVE URINATION AT NIGHT
Term
POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY
Definition
A KIDNEY CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY MANY FLUID-FILLED SACS
Term
HYDRONEPHROSIS
Definition
THE EXIT OF THE URINE FROM THE KIDNEYS IS BLOCKED, RESULTING IN BACKUP OF URINE IN THE RENAL PELVIS
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NARROWING OF THE URETHRA IS CALLED
Definition
URETHRAL STRICTURE
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MEDICAL TERM FOR STONE
Definition
CALCULAS
Term
MED TERM FOR SUGAR IN URINE
Definition
GLYCOSURIA
Term
HEMODIALYSIS
Definition
PROCEDURE THAT REMOVES NITROGENOUS WASTES AND EXCESS IONS FROM THE BLOOD, REPLACING THE NORMAL FUNCTIONS OF THE KIDNEY
Term
ABBRIEVATION FOR UTI MEANS
Definition

INFECTION IN THE BLADDER AND URTHRA

URINARY TRACT INFECTION

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CYSTOSCOPY MEANS
Definition
VIEWING THE BLADDER
Term
PROCEDURE WHERE BLOOD IS PUSHED THROUGH A PERMEABLE MEMBRANE TO REMOVE WASTES AND ECXESS IONS
Definition
HEMODIALYSIS
Term
URINARY RETENTION
Definition
DIFFICULTY VOIDING AFTER SURGERY, OR ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF URINE IN THE BLADDER RESULTING FROM AN INABILITY TO VOID
Term
URINARY CATHETERIZATION
Definition
FLEXIBLE TUBE INSERTED THROUGH THE URETHRA TO THE BLADDER TO DRAIN URINE
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CYSTITIS
Definition
INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER
Term
ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF URINE IN THE BLADDER
Definition
URINARY RETENTION
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NEPHROSONOGRAPHY
Definition
ULTRASOUND PROCEDURE IN WHICH A KIDNEY IS IMAGED WITH THE USE OF SOUND WAVES
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MED TERM

DYSURIA

Definition
DIFFICULTY OR PAIN IN URINATION
Term
SUFFIX FOR -CELE
Definition
PROTRUSION OR HERNIA
Term
MED TERM FOR LITHOTRIPSY
Definition
A NONINVASIVE SURGICAL TECHNIQUE THAT CRUSHES STONES
Term
ABBREVIATION FOR IVP
Definition
DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE, XRAY IMAGE OF THE RENAL PELVIS IS OBTAINED AFTER CONTRAST DYE IS INJECTED INTO THE BLOODSTREAM
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DIURESIS
Definition
EXCESSIVE DISCHARGE OF URINE
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SPECIFIC GRAVITY
Definition
MEASUREMENT OF THE RELATIVE CONCENTRATION OF WATER MOLECULES IN A LIQUID SAMPLE
Term
INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS
Definition
NEPHRITIS
Term
OLIGURIA
Definition
MED TERM FOR REDUCED URINATION
Term
NEPHROPEXY
Definition
SURGICAL FIXATION OF THE KIDNEY
Term
CYSTOPLASTY
Definition
SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE BLADDER
Term
THE STRUCTURE THAT JOINS  THE KIDNEYS TO THE URINARY BLADDER IS
Definition
URETERS
Term
MEDICAL TERM FOR A SPECIALIST IN TREATING KIDNEY DISEASE
Definition
NEPHROLOGIST
Term
RETOGRADE PYELOGRAM
Definition
XRAY IMAGE OF THE RENAL PELVIS AFTER CONTRAST DYE IS INJECTED INTO THE URETER
Term
CORRECT SPELLING
Definition
DIALYSIS
Term
STRESS INCONTINENCE
Definition
INVOLUNTARY DISCHARGE OF URINE DURING COUGHING, SNEEZING, OR STRAINING
Term
EXESSIVE URINATION
Definition
POLYURIA
Term
EPISPADIAS
Definition
CONGENITAL DEFECT WHERE THE URETHRAL OPENING IS ABNORMALLY POSITIONED ON THE DORSAL SURFACE OF THE PENIS
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