Suffixes | Combining Forms | Medical Terms | Pathology of the Nephrotic System | Miscellanous |
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What is -cele?
Hernia, tumor or swelling
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What is glomerul/o?
glomerulus
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What is a Nephrolith
Kidney stone
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What is Edema?
excessive fluid accumulation in the body tissues
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What is Nephroptosis?
prolapse of the kidney
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What is -pexy?
surgical fixation
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urethro/o?
urethra
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What is Dysuria
The term _____ describes difficult or painful urination.
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What is Nephrotic?
pertaining to the kidney
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What is ureterolith?
Is a stone located in the ureter
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What is -uria
urination, urine
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What is cyst/o?
urinary bladder, cyst
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What is Nephropexy
Also known as nephrorrhaphy, a _____ is the surgical fixation of a floating kidney.
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What is hyperproteinuria?
abnormally high concentration of protein in the urine
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What is Nephropyosis?
pus in the kidney
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What is -tripsy?
to crush
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What is nephr/o?
kidney
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What is Ureterectasis?
​swelling of a ureter with urine that cannot flow
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What is Cystolith?
Stone located within the urinary bladder
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What is polycystic?
A kidney disease is a disorder in which fluid-filled cysts grow on the kidney and replace much of the mass of the kidney
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What is -ectasis?
enlargement, stretching
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What is pye/o?
renal pelvis
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What is ureterorrhagia?
discharge of blood from the ureter
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What is hypoproteinemia?
abnormally low concentration of protein in the blood
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What is cystocele
bladder hernia through vaginal wall
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