Word List 8 Flashcards
glomerul/o
glomerulus
cyst/o
bladder
meat/o
opening, meatus
nephr/o (condition)
ren/o (anatomy)
kidney
pyel/o
renal pelvis
ur/o
urin/o
urine, urinary tract
vesic/o
bladder
-ptosis
prolapse, downward displacement
-uria
urine
poly-
many, much
supra-
above, excessive, superior
anuria
ah-NYUHR-ee-uh
without/no urine
cystoscopy
sihs-TAWS-kuh-pee
visual examination of bladder
cystourethography
SIH-stoh-yuhr-ee-THRAW-gruh-fee
process of recording the bladder and urethra
diuresis
dye-YUHR-ee-sihs
condition of double urine (increased production/secretion)
glomerulopathy
gloh-muhr-yuh-LAW-puh-thee
disease of the glomerulus
hematuria
hee-muh-TUHR-ee-uh
urine with blood
lithiasis
abnormal condition of a stone
lithotripsy
LIH-thuh-trihp-see
crushing a stone
nephrolithiasis
abnormal condition of kidney stone
nephrolithotomy
incision of kidney stone
oliguria
oh-lih-GUHR-ee-uh
scanty (small amount) of urine
polyuria
large amount of urine
pyelography
pye-LAW-gruh-fee
process of recording the renal pelvis
pyelonephritis
inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidney
suprarenal
pertaining to above/superior to the kidney
uretolithiasis
yuhr-REE-tuhr-oh-lih-THYE-uh-sihs
abnormal condition of a ureter stone
ureterostenosis
yuhr-REE-tuhr-oh-stih-NOH-sihs
narrowing/stricture of a ureter
vesicocele
vih-SIH-koh-seel
hernia/swelling of the bladder