118 Ch7: Pathologic Conditions Of The Urinary System

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Azotemia

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Presence of urea or other nitrogenous elements in the blood.

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Calculus

Back 2

Abnormal mineral deposit. Stones, calculi and liths formed when crystals precipitate and form solids. Lith/o combining form. -lith suffix.

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Casts

Back 3

Fibrous or protein materials found in the urine with renal disease or another abnormality

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Crystals

Back 4

Naturally produced angular solid of definitive form

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Cystalgia

Back 5

Urinary bladder pain. AKA Cystdynia

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Cystitis

Back 6

Inflammation of the urinary bladder

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Epispadias

Back 7

Abnormal condition in which the urethra opens on the dorsum of the penis

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Feline lower urinary tract disease

Back 8

Common disease of cats in which cystitis, urethritis, and crystalluria are found; formerly called Feline Urologic Syndrome.

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Glomerulonephritis

Back 9

Inflammation of the kidney involving the glomeruli

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Hydronephrosis

Back 10

Dilation of the renal pelvis as a result of an obstruction to urine flow.

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Hydroureter

Back 11

Distention of the ureter with urine caused by any blockage.

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Hypospadias

Back 12

Abnormal condition in which the urethra opens on the ventral surface of the penis

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Inappropriate urination

Back 13

Eliminating urine at the wrong time or in the wrong place

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Incontinence

Back 14

Inability to control excretory functions. Urinary incontinence is inability to control urine

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Interstitial cystitis

Back 15

Inflammation within the wall of the urinary bladder

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-Lithiasis

Back 16

Suffix meaning the presence of stones or calculi. As in Nephrolithiasis (Disorder characterized by the presence of kidney stones.

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Nephrectasis

Back 17

Distention of the kidneys.

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Nephritis

Back 18

Inflammation of the kidneys

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Nephrolith

Back 19

Kidney stone or renal calculus

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Nephromalacia

Back 20

Abnormal softening of the kidney

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Nephropathy

Back 21

Disease of the kidneys

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Nephrosclerosis

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Abnormal hardening of the kidney

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Nephrosis

Back 23

Abnormal condition of the kidney

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Prerenal/Postrenal

Back 24

Before and after the kidney; respectively.

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Prolapse

Back 25

Downward displacement of a body organ.

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Pyelitis

Back 26

Inflammation of the renal pelvis

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Pyelonephritis

Back 27

Inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidney

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Renal failure

Back 28

Inability of the kidneys to function

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Renal infarction

Back 29

Obstruction of blood flow to the kidneys

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Uremia

Back 30

Waste products in the blood.

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Ureterolith

Back 31

Stone in the urethra

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Urethritis

Back 32

Inflammation of the urethra

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Ureteractasis

Back 33

Distention of the ureter

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Urethrostenosis

Back 34

Stricture of the urethra. Stricture is an abnormal band of tissue narrowing a pasage

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Urinary retention

Back 35

Inability to completely empty the urinary bladder

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Urinary tract infection

Back 36

Invasion of microorganisms in the urinary system, which results in local cellular injury

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Urolith

Back 37

Urinary bladder stone