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20 Cards in this Set
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Nephr/o |
Kidney |
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Hydro/o |
Water |
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Cyst/o |
Bladder |
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Pyel/o |
Renal collecting ducts |
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Ur/o |
Urine |
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Olig/o |
Scanty, less than normal |
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-pexy |
to surgically reattach |
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Nephrosis |
disease of the kidneys |
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Nephrolith |
Kidney stone |
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Urethritis |
inflammation of urethra |
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Nocturia |
Frequently getting up and urinating during the night |
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Enuresis |
involuntary release of urine "bedwetting" |
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Nephrologist |
Physician specialising in kidney disease |
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Urologist |
Physician specializing in genitourinary tract (kidneys, urinary bladder, urethra, etc) |
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Cytoscopy |
Looking in urinary bladder with fibreoptic instrument |
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Intravenous pyelogram |
x-rays showing drainage pattern of kidneys |
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Retrograde pyelogram |
oposite of intravenous. The dye is inserted up the urethra and bladd |
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voiding custourethrogram |
imaging the urethra and bladder while urinating |
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dialysis |
cleaning blood of waste products using a machine |
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Lithotripsy |
crushing kidney stones with sound waves |
