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95 Cards in this Set
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Cyst/o
Vesic/o |
Bladder
Ex. Cystitis |
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Glomerul/o
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Glomerulus
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Nephr/o
Ren/o |
Kidney
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Pyel/o
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Renal pelvis
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Ureter/o
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Ureter
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Urethr/o
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Urethra
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Ur/o
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Urine
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Aden/o
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Gland
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Carcin/o
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Cancer
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Erythr/o
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Red
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Hemat/o
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blood
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Lith/o
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Stone
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Noct/o
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Night
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Olig/o
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scanty, little
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Py/o
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Pus
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Sclera/o
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hardening
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Ven/o
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Vein
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-al
-ic -ous |
Pertaining to
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-pexy
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fixation
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-stomy
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forming a new opening or mouth
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tomy
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incision, cut into
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-tripsy
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crushing
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-cele
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hernia, swelling
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-cyte
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cell
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-ectasis
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dilation, expansion
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-edema
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swelling
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-pathy
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disease
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-phobia
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fear
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-ptosis
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prolapse, falling, dropping
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-uria
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Urine, urination
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a-
an- |
without
not |
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dys-
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bad, painful, difficult
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in-
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not, in
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intra-
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within
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poly-
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many, much
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supra-
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above
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Azot/o
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nitrogen
ex: azotemia |
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cortex
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outer region
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hilum, hilus
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depression or pit in organ or gland where nerves or vessels enter and exit
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meatus
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a passage, opening or canal
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-poiesis
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formation or production
ex: uropoiesis |
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voiding
micturition |
expelling urine
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Azoturea
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An increase in nitrogenous compounds, especially urea, in the urine.
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Diuresis
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Abnormal secretion of large amounts of urine
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Dysuria
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painful or difficult urination, symptomatic or numerous conditions.
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Enuresis
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Involuntary discharge of urine after the age by which bladder control should have been established. Approx. age 5.
Ex. Bed wetting at night |
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Hypospadias
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Abnormal congenital opening of the male urethra upon the undersurface of the penis.
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Phimosis
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stenosis or narrowness of the foreskin opening over the glans penis in men
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Uremia
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Elevated level of urea or other protein waste products in the blood.
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Wilms' tumor
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Rapidly developing kidney tumor that usually occurs in children. The cause is unknown.
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IVP
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Intravenous pyelogram
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KUB
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kidney, ureter, bladder
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UA
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Urinalysis
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UTI
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Urinary tract infection
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Cyst/o
Vesic/o |
Bladder
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Glomerul/o
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Glomerulus
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Meat/o
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Opening,
Meatus |
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Nephr/o
Ren/o |
Kidney
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Pyel/o
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Renal pelvis
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Ur/o
Urin/o |
Urine
Urinary tract |
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Ureter/o
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Ureter
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Urethr/o
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Urethra
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-Emia
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Blood condition
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-iasis
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Abnormal Condition
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-lysis
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Separation, Destruction, Loosening
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-pathy
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disease
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-pexy
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Fixation (of an organ)
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-ptosis
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prolapse, downward displacement
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tripsy
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crushing
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Uria
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Urine
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nephr/ectomy
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surgical procedure to remove a kidney
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nephr/o/megaly
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enlargement of a kidney
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lith/iasis
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abnormal condition of stones
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nephr/o/lith
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stone (in the) kidney
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nephr/o/lith/iasis
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abnormal condition of kidney stone(s)
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nephr/algia
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pain in the kidney
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nephr/o/lith/iasis
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abnormal condition of a kidney stone
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ren/al
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pertaining to the kidney(s)
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stenosis
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narrowing, stricture
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glomerul/o/nephr/itis
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inflammation of the glomerulus of the kidney
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hyper/tension
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high blood pressure
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protein/uria
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chronic loss of protein in the urine
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edema
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swelling
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supra-
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above, excessive, superior
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ren
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kidney
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-al
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pertaining to
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nephr/osis
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abnormal condition of a kidney
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nephr/o/scler/osis
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abnormal condition of kidney hardening
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nephr/o/lith
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calculus in a kidney
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nephr/o/lith/iasis
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abnormal condition of kidney stone(s)
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nephr/o/megaly
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enlargement of a kidney
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nephr/ectomy
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excision of a kidney
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nephr/o/rrhaphy
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suture of a kidney
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