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66 Cards in this Set
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Antispasmodic |
Drug used to prevent spasms |
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Diuretic |
Agent that causes urination |
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Nephrotoxin |
Agent poisonous to the kidney |
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Spermicide |
Agent that kills sperm |
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Spermolytic |
Agent that kills sperm |
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Cystectomy |
Surgical removal of the bladder |
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Cystolithectomy |
Surgical removal of a stone in the bladder |
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Cystostomy |
Creation of an opening in the bladder |
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Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy |
Breakdown of kidney stones using sound waves generated outside the body |
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Fulguration |
Use of electric current to destroy tissue |
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Heminephrectomy |
Surgical removal of half a kidney |
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Heminephroureterectomy |
Surgical removal of half a kidney and a ureter |
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Hemodialysis |
Procedure for removing waste from the bloodstream |
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Intracorporeal lithotripsy |
Breakdown of kidney stones using a device placed inside the body |
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Kidney dialysis |
Procedure for removing waste from the blood |
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Laparonephrectomy |
Surgical removal of a kidney through abdomen |
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Lithectomy |
Surgical removal of a stone |
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Lithocystotomy |
Incision into the bladder to remove a stone |
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Lithonephrotomy |
Incision into a kidney to remove a stone |
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Lithotripsy |
Breakdown of a stone |
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Meatoplasty |
Surgical reconstruction of the opening of the urethra |
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Meatorrhaphy |
Suture of the opening of the urethra |
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Meatotomy |
Incision into the opening of the urethra |
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Nephrectomy |
Surgical removal of a kidney through the abdomen |
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Nephrocystanastomosis |
Opening of a passageway between a kidney and the bladder |
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Nephrolithotomy |
Incision into a kidney to remove a stone |
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Nephropexy |
Surgical fixation of a kidney |
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Nephrorrhaphy |
Suture of a kidney |
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Nephrostomy |
Creation of an opening in a kidney |
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Nephrotomy |
Incision into a kidney |
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Nephroureterectomy |
Surgical removal of a kidney and ureter |
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Pyelolithotomy |
Incision into a renal pelvis to remove a stone |
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Pyeloplasty |
Surgical reconstruction of a renal pelvis |
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Pyelostomy |
Creation of an opening in a renal pelvis |
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Pyelotomy |
Incision into a renal pelvis |
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Renal angioplasty |
Surgical reconstruction of a kidney blood vessel |
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Ureteroileostomy |
Creation of an opening between a ureter and the the ileum |
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Ureteronephrectomy |
Surgical removal of a kidney and ureter |
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Ureteroplasty |
Surgical reconstruction of a ureter |
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Ureterorrhaphy |
Suture of a ureter |
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Urethrectomy |
Surgical removal of the urethra |
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Urethropexy |
Surgical fixation of the urethra |
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Urethroplasty |
Surgical reconstruction of the urethra |
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Urethrotomy |
Incision into the urethra |
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Urinary catheterization |
Insertion of a catheter into the bladder to drain urine |
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Urostomy |
Creation of an opening in the urinary tract, normally to divert urine flow away from a diseased bladder |
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Vesicostomy |
Creation of an opening in the bladder |
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Vesicotomy |
Incision into bladder |
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Balanoplasty |
Surgical reconstruction of the penis |
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Circumcision |
Surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis |
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Epididymectomy |
Surgical removal of the epididymis |
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Epididymotomy |
Incision into epdidymis |
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Hydrocelectomy |
Surgical removal of a hydrocele |
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Orchidectomy |
Surgical removal of a testicle |
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Orchidopexy |
Surgical fixation of a testicle |
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Orchidotomy |
Incision into a testicle |
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Orchiectomy |
Surgical removal of a testicle |
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Orchiopexy |
Surgical fixation of a testicle |
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Orchioplasty |
Surgical reconstruction of a testicle |
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Prostatectomy |
Surgical removal of the prostate |
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Prostatolithotomy |
Incision into the prostate to remove a stone |
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Prostatovesiculectomy |
Surgical removal of the prostate and seminal vesicles |
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Transurethral resection of the prostate |
Procedure of removing all or part of the prostate by the insertion of a resectoscope into the urethra |
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Vasectomy |
Surgical removal of vas deferens |
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Vasovasostomy |
Creation of an opening between two vessels |
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Vesiculectomy |
Surgical removal of the seminal vesicles |
