Acquiring Medical Language Chapter 12 Flashcards

6896851655	Nephr/o	Kidney	0
6896851656	Ren/o	Kidney	1
6896851657	Pyel/o	Renal Pelvis	2
6896851658	Ur/o	Urine	3
6896851659	Urin/o	Urine	4
6896851660	Lith/o	Stone	5
6896851661	Cyst/o	Bladder	6
6896851662	Vesic/o	Bladder	7
6896851663	Urethr/o	Urethra	8
6896851664	Ureter/o	Ureter	9
6896851665	Meat/o	Opening	10
6896851666	Balan/o	Penis	11
6896851667	Epididym/o	Epididymis	12
6896851668	Orch/o	Testicle	13
6896851669	Orchi/o	Testicle	14
6896851670	Orchid/o	Testicle	15
6896851671	Test/o	Testicle	16
6896851672	Testicul/o	Testicle	17
6896851673	Prostat/o	Prostate	18
6896851674	Sperm/o	Sperm	19
6896851675	Spermat/o	Sperm	20
6896851676	Albuminuria	protein in the urine	21
6896851677	Dysuria	Painful urination	22
6896851678	Enuresis	Involuntary urination	23
6896851679	Hematuria	Bloody urination	24
6896851680	Incontinence	Inability to control urination	25
6896851681	Nephralgia	Pain in the kidney	26
6896851682	Nocturia	Nighttime urination	27
6896851683	Priapism	Persistent and painful erection	28
6896851684	Dipsogenic	Creating thirst	29
6896851685	Glucosuria	Sugar in the urine	30
6896851686	Ketonuria	Presence of ketones in the urine	31
6896851687	Cystoscopy	Process for examining the bladder	32
6896851688	Meatoscope	Instrument for examining the opening of the urethra	33
6896851689	Pyelogram	Image of the renal pelvis	34
6896851690	Renal angiogram	Image of a kidney blood vessel	35
6896851691	Retrograde pyelogram	Image of the renal pelvis produced by objecting a contrast dye from the bladder to the kidney	36
6896851692	Urinalysis (UA)	Analysis of the urine	37
6896851693	Blood urea nitrogen (BUN)	Nitrogen in the blood in the form of urea; it is the product of the breakdown of amino acids for energy	38
6896851694	Diuresis	Excessive urination	39
6896851695	Nephrologist	Specialist in the kidneys	40
6896851696	Urologist	Specialist in the urinary tract	41
6896851697	Voiding	Another term for urination	42
6896851698	Anorchidism	Lack of a testicle	43
6896851699	Hydrocele	Fluid filled mass in testicle	44
6896851700	Seminoma	Type of testicular cancer arising from sperm-forming tissue	45
6896851701	Spermatogenesis	Creation of sperm	46
6896851702	Cystitis	Inflammation of the bladder	47
6896851703	Nephritis	Inflammation of the kidney	48
6896851704	Pyelopathy	Disease of the renal pelvis	49
6896851705	Renal failure	Kidney failure	50
6896851706	Renal ischemia	Deficiency of blood in a kidney	51
6896851707	Urinary tract infection (UTI)	Infection of the urinary tract	52
6896851708	Balanitis	Inflammation of the penis	53
6896851709	Benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH)	Noncancerous overdevelopment of the prostate, also known as enlarged prostate	54
6896851710	Diuretic	Agent that causes urination	55
6896851711	Fulguration	Use of electric current to destroy tissue	56
6896851712	Hemodialysis	Procedure for removing waste from the bloodstream	57
6896851713	Lithotripsy	Breakdown of a stone	58
6896851714	Nephrocystanastomosis	Opening of a passageway between a kidney and the bladder	59
6896851715	Nephropexy	Surgical fixation of a kidney	60
6896851716	Nephrotoxin	Agent poisonous to the kidney	61
6896851717	Renal angioplasty	Surgical reconstruction of a kidney blood vessel	62
6896851718	Urinary catheterization	Insertion of a catheter into the bladder to drain urine	63
6896851719	Urostomy	Creation of an opening in the urinary tract, normally to divert urine flow away from a diseased bladder	64
6896851720	Vesicotomy	Incision into the bladder	65
6896851721	Circumcision	Surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis	66
6896851722	Orchioplasty	Surgical reconstruction of a testicle	67
6896851723	Spermicide	Agent that kills sperm	68
6896851724	Vasectomy	Surgical removal of the vas deferens	69
6896851725	Bx	Biopsy	70
6896851726	KUB	Kidneys, ureters, bladder	71
6896851727	UTI	Urinary tract infection	72
6896851728	STD/STI	Sexually transmitted disease/infection	73
9543807639	Glomerul/o	glomerulus	74
9543868202	Antispasmodic	drug used to prevent spasms	75
9543878034	Anuria	lack of urine	76
9543881770	Aspermia	condition characterized by lack of sperm	77
9543891654	Azoospermia	condition characterized by the lack of living sperm	78
9543902038	Azotemia	excess nitrogen in the blood	79
9543909972	Azotorrhea	excessive discharge of nitrogen	80
9543913979	Azoturia	excess nitrogen in the urine	81
9544862103	Balanoplasty	surgical reconstruction of the penis	82
9544880896	Balanorrhea	discharge from the penis	83
9544891921	Benign prostate hypertrophy	another term for benign prostate hyperplasia	84
9545160512	cryptorchidism	hidden testicle	85
9545168667	Cystalgia	pain in the bladder	86
9545171824	cystectomy	surgical removal of the bladder	87
9545185036	cystitis	inflammation of the bladder	88
9545190098	cystocele	hernia of the bladder	89
9545191922	cystodynia	pain in the bladder	90
9545195320	cystogram	image of the bladder	91
9545199500	cystography	process for recording/imaging the bladder	92
9545204820	cystolith	stone in the bladder	93
9545212573	cystolithectomy	surgical removal of a stone in the bladder	94
9545215697	cystoma	tumor in the bladder	95
9545218607	cystoplegia	bladder paralysis	96
9545222368	cystoptosis	downward displacement of the bladder	97
9545229640	cystorrhexis	rupture of the bladder	98
9545233660	cystospasm	involuntary contraction of the bladder	99
9545236463	cystostomy	creation of an opening in the bladder	100
9545244148	cystoureteritis	inflammation of the bladder and ureter	101
9545251119	cystourethrocele	hernia of the bladder and urethra	102
9545257982	digital rectal exam	examination of the prostate using a finger inserted into the rectum	103
9545269997	ejaculation	emission of semen from the urethra	104
9545275845	epididymectomy	surgical removal of the epididymis	105
9545281519	epididymitis	inflammation of the epididymis	106
9545290361	epididymo-orchitis	inflammation of the testicles and epididymis	107
9545297573	epididymotomy	incision into the epididymis	108
9545306775	extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL)	breakdown of kidney stones using sound wave generated outside the body	109
9545315552	glomerulonephritis	inflammation of the kidneys involving primarily the glomeruli	110
9545521426	glomerulopathy	disease of the kidney involving primarily the glomeruli	111
9545530485	glomerulosclerosis	hardening of the glomeruli	112
9545536498	glycosuria	sugar in the urine	113
9545538342	gonads	the pair of organs used for sexual reproduction; testicles in males and ovaries in females	114
9545547965	gonorrhea	discharge from the gonads	115
9545554813	heminephroureterectomy	surgical removal of half a kidney and a ureter	116
9545564328	heminephrectomy	surgical removal of half a kidney	117
9545570540	hydrocelectomy	surgical removal of a hydrocele	118
9545573264	hydronephrosis	kidney condition caused by the obstruction of urine flow	119
9545580665	hyperkalemia	excessive potassium in the blood	120
9545584241	hypernephroma	cancer of the kidneys	121
9545588923	hyponatremia	low sodium in the blood	122
9545596509	hypospadias	birth defect in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside, instead of the end of the penis	123
9545606065	intracorporeal lithotripsy	breakdown of kidney stones using a device placed inside the body	124
9545610925	ketolysis	breakdown of ketones	125
9545615854	kidney dialysis	procedure for removing waste from the blood ( a shorter name for hemodialysis)	126
9545625412	laparonephrectomy	surgical removal of a kidney through the abdomen	127
9545632172	lithectomy	surgical removal of a stone in the bladder	128
9545641046	lithocystotomy	incision into the bladder to remove a stone	129
9545646019	lithonephritis	inflammation of the kidneys caused by stones	130
9545651633	lithonephrotomy	incision into a kidney to remove a stone	131
9545659208	meatal stenosis	narrowing of the opening of the urethra	132
9545662030	meatoplasty	surgical reconstruction of the opening of the urethra	133
9545669601	meatorrhaphy		134