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63 Cards in this Set
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cali/o ,calic/o |
calyx; cup shaped |
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder |
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glomerul/o |
glomerulus |
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meat/o |
meatus |
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Nephr/o |
Kidney |
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Pyel/o |
Renal pelvis |
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Ren/o |
Kidney |
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Trigon/o |
Trigone (region of the bladder) |
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Ureter/o |
Ureter |
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Urethr/o |
Urethra |
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Vesic/o |
Urinary bladder |
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ur/o |
urine; urinary tract |
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azot/o |
nitrogen; urea |
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albumin/o |
albumin |
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bacteri/o |
bacteria |
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dips/o |
thirst |
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ket/o, keton/o |
ketone bodies |
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lith/o |
stone |
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noct/o |
night |
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olig/o |
scanty |
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py/o |
pus |
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kal/o |
potassium |
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natr/o |
sodium |
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urin/o |
urine |
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-poietin |
substance that forms |
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-tripsy |
to crush |
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-uria |
urination; urine condition |
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ARF |
acute renal failure |
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BUN |
blood urea nitrogen |
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CL - |
chloride, a kidney excretion |
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CRF |
chronic renal failure |
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C&S |
culture and sensitivity testing |
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ESRD |
end-stage renal disease |
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HCO3 |
bicarbonate, an electrolyte conserved by the kidney |
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IVP |
intravenous pyelogram |
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K+ |
potassium, an electrolyte |
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KUB |
kidney ureter and bladder |
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Na |
sodium, an electrolyte |
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pH |
potential of hydrogen; degree of acidity/alkalinity |
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UA |
urinalysis |
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UTI |
urinary tract infection |
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glycos/o |
sugar |
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hydr/o |
water |
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isch/o |
to hold back; back |
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necr/o |
death |
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-ectomy |
removal; excision |
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-esis |
condition |
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-gram |
record |
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-lithiasis |
condition of stones |
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-lithotomy |
incision for removal of a stone |
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-ole |
little; small |
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-osis |
condition |
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-pathy |
disease |
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-ptosis |
droop; sag |
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anti- |
against |
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dia- |
complete |
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en- |
in; within |
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poly- |
many, much |
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retro- |
behind; back |
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-sclerosis |
hardening |
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-tomy |
process of cutting |
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a-, an- |
without |
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peri- |
surrounding |