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65 Cards in this Set
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ALBUMIN
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ANY OF NUMEROUS SIMPLE -HEAT-COAGULABLE, WATER-SOLUBLE PLASMA PROTEINS
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ALBUMINURIA
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PRESENCE OF ALBUMIN IN THE URINE, OFTEN SYMPTOMATIC OF KIDNEY DISEASE
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CALCULUS
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ABNORMAL CONCENTRATION OF MINERAL SALTS FOUND IN HOLLOW ORGANS OR DUCTS: ALSO CALLED STONES
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CALYX
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CUPLIKE CAVITY WHICH IS AN EXTENSION OF THE RENAL PELVIS
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DIALYSIS
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PROCESS OF REMOVING WASTE PRODUCTS FROM THE BLOOD OF A PATIENT IN RENAL FAILURE
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ELECTROLYTIC
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CAPABLE OF CONDUCTING ELECTRICITY
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ENUCLEATE
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TO REMOVE WITHOUT CUTTING INTO
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FULGERATION
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DESTRUCTION OF TISSUE BY MEANS OF LONG, HIGH-FREQUENCY ELECTRIC SPARKS
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GENITOURINARY SURGERY
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BRANCH OF SURGERY THAT DEALS WITH THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS AND THE ORGANS OF THE URINARY SYSTEM OF BOTH SEXES
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GEROTA'S CAPSULE
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PERINEAL FASCIA WHICH HELPS TO HOLD THE KIDNEY IN PLACE
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GLOMERULUS
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TUFT OF CAPILLARIES AT THE POINT OF ORIGIN OF THE NEPHRON
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HEMATURIA
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PRESENCE OF BLOOD IN THE URINE
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IMPOTENCE
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INABILITY OF THE MALE TO ACHIEVE AN ERECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTERCOURSE
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LITHOTRITE
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CYSTOSCOPIC ACCESSORY USED TO CRUSH BLADDER CALCULI
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NORMOTENSIVE
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NORMAL BLOOD PRESURE
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PTOSIS
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DROPPING OR DROOPING OF AN ORGAN OR PART
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RENAL DISEASE
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ACUTE FAILURE OF THE KIDNEY TO PREFORM ITS ESSENTIAL FUNCTION
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TRIGONE
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TRIANGULAR SPACE AT THE BASE OF THE BLADDER
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BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY (BPH)
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NONMILIGNANT ENLARGEMENT OF THE PROSTATE GLAND; VERY COMMON WITH AGE
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CHORDEE
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VENTRAL CURVATURE OF THE PENIS CAUSED BY FIBROUS BANDS EXTENDING FROM HYPOSPADIAC UREATHRAL MEATUS
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CRYPTORCHISM
(UNDESCENDED TESTICLE) |
FAILURE OF TESTICLE(S) TO DESCEND INTO SCROTUM
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CYSTITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE URINARY BLADDER
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EPISPADIAS
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CONGENITAL MALFORMATION IN WHICH THE UREATHRA TERMINATES ON THE DORSUM OF THE PENIS IN THE MALE OR ABOVE THE CLITORIS IN THE FEMALE; MORE COMMON IN MALES
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GLOMERULUSLONEPHRITIS
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VARIETY OF NEPHRITIS CHARACTERIZED BY INFLAMMATION OF THE CAPILLARY LOOPS IN THE GLOMERULI OF THE KIDNEY
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HYDROCELE
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ENLARGED, FLUID FILLED SAC WITHIN THE SCROTUM
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HYPERNEPHROMA
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TUMOR IN THE KIDNEY WHOSE CELLS RESEMBLE THOSE FROM THE ADRENAL CORTEX
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HYPOSPADIAS
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DEVELOPMENT ANOMALY IN WHICH THE MALE, THE UREATHRA OPENS ON THE VENTRAL SURFACE OF THE PENIS OR ON THE PERINEUM, OR IN THE FEMALE, THE URETHRA OPENS INTO THE VIGINA
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NEPHRITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THEKIDNEY; ALSO CALLED BRIGHTS DISEASE
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NEPHTOLITHIASIS
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PRESENCE OF A RENAL CALCULI
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NEPHROPTOSIS
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DOWNWARD DISPALCEMENT OF A KIDNEY
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NEPHROSCLEROSIS
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HARDING OF THE KIDNEY ASSOCIATED WITH HYPERTENSION AND DISEASE OF THE RENAL ARTEROLES
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NEPHROSIS
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DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS IN WHICH THERE IS MALFUNCTION OF THE KIDNEY TISSUE WITHOUT INFLAMMATION
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PARAPHIMOSIS
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RETRACTION OF THE PREPUCE WHICH CAUSES A PAINFUL SWELLING OF THE GLANS
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PHIMOSIS
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CONDITION OF THE UNCIRCUMCISED MALE IN WHICH THE PREPUCE WILL NOT RETRACT FROM THE GLANS
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POLYCYSTIC KIDNEYS
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CONGENITAL DISEASE IN WHICH MULTIPLE CYSTS GRADUALLY DESTROY THE TISSUE OF BOTH KIDNEYS
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PYELITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE RENAL PELVIS
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PYELONEPHRITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE RENAL PELVIS
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PYELOPHLEBITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE VEINS OF THE RENAL PELVIS
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SPERMATOCELE
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LOBULATED INTRASCROTAL CYSTIC MASS ATTACHED TO THE UPPER POLE OF THE EPIDIDYMIS WHICH IS USUALLY CAUSED BY AN OBSTRUCTION OF THE TUBULAR SYATEM THAT CONVEYS THE SPERM
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TESTICULAR TORSION
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TWISTING OF THE TESTIS
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UREMIA
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ACCUMULATION IN THE BLOOD OF SUBSTANCES ORDINARILLY ELIMINATED IN THE URINE DUE TO THE INABILITY OF THE KIDNEYS TO FILTER OUT WASTE BECAUSE OF DAMAGE BY DISEASE OR TRAUMA
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URINARY INCONTINENCE
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INABILITY TO RETAIN URINE
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URINARY STRESS INCONTINENCE
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INABILITY TO RETAIN URINE DURING STRESS SUCH AS LAUGHING, COUGHING, SNEEZING, LIFTING, OR MOVING SUDDENLY
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URINARY REFLUX (VESICOURETERAL)
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BACKFLOW OF URINE FROM THE BLADDER TO THE URETERS
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VARICOCELE
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ENLARGEMENT OF THE VEINS OF THE SPERMATIC CORD
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WILM'S TUMOR
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CHILDHOOD MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF THE KIDNEY WHICH PRESENTS A FIRM, PAINLESS MASS WHOSE ENLARGEMENT MAY LITERALLY DISTEND THE ABDOMEN
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BLOOD CREATININE
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MEASURES WASTE PRODUCTION OF MUSCLE METABOLSM WHICH RISES WITH KIDNEY FAILURE
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OPEN PROCEDURES
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PREFORMED THROUGH AN INCISION
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CLOSED PROCEDURES
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PREFORMED THROUGH AN ENDOSCOPE
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TELESCOPE
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OPTICAL SYSTEM OF THE CYSTOSCOPE WITH DIFFERENT ANGLES OF VIEW AVAILABLE SUCH AS FORWARD, RIGHT-ANGLE, LATERAL, FOROBLIQUE, AND RETROSPECT
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SHEATH
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HOLLOW TUBE WHICH PROVIDES A PASSAGEWAY FOR THE INSTRUMENTS USED DURING CYSTOSCOPY AND RESECTION
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OBTURATOR
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METAL ROD WITH A ROUNDED TIP INSERTED INTO THE SHEATH AND ADVANCED SO ITS BLUNT TIP PROTRUDES PAST THE END OF THE SHEATH TO PREVENT THE SHEATH FROM ABRADING THE MUCOSAL LINING OF THE URETHRA AS IT IS INSERTED
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HYPOSPADIAS REPAIR
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CORRECTION OF THE CONGENITAL ANOMALY KNOWN AS HYPOSPADIAS
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EPISPADIAS REPAIR
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CORRECTION OF THE CONGENITAL ANOMALY KNOWN AS EPISPADIAS
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URETHRAL MEATOTOMY
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INCISIONAL ENLARGEMENT OF THE EXTERNALURETHRAL MEATUS TO RELIEVE STENOSIS OR STRICTURE
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URETHRAL DILATION AND INTERNAL URETHROTOMY
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GRADUAL DILATIN AND REMOVAL OF URETHRAL STRICTURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE URINARY DRAINAGE
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URETHROPLASTY
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REPAIR OF A URETHRAL STRICTURE THAT FAILS TO RESPOND TO INTERMITTENT DILATION
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PENILE IMPLANT
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INSERTION OS A PENILE PROSTHESIS FOR TREATMENT OF SEXUAL IMPOTENCE
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HYDROCELECTOMY
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EXCISION OF THE TUNICA VAGINALIS OF THE TESTIS TO REMOVE THE FLUID-FILLED SAC (HYDROCELE)
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VASECTOMY
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EXCISION OF A SECTION OF THE VAS DEFERENS AS APERMANENT METHOD OF STERILIZATION OR PRIOR TO A PROSTATECTOMY TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTION FROM THE URETHRA TO THE EPIDIDYMIS
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VASOVASOTOMY
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MICROSURICAL RESTORATION OF THE CONTINUITY OF THE DIVIDED VAS DEFERENS
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EPIDIDYMECTOMY
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EXCISION OF THE EPIDIDYMIS FROM THE TESTIS
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SPERMATOCELECTOMY
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REMOVAL OF THE SPERMATOCELE WHICH IS USUALLY ATTACHED TO THE UPPER POLE OF THE EPIDIDYMIS WITHIN THE SCROTUM
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VARICOCELECTOMY
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LIGATION AND PARTIAL EXCISION OF DILATED VEINS IN THE SCROTUM
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RADICAL LYMPHADENECTOMY
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BILATERAL RESECTION OF RETROPERITONEAL LYMPH NODES FOR TREATMENT OF TESTICULAR TUMORS; USUALLY PREFORMED AFTER AN ORCHIECTOMY
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