Medical Terminology: Renal, Reproductive & Endocrine Systems

What is the general term for any disease of the kidney?

Nephropathy

What term means excessive urination?

Polyuria

What term means absence of urine formation by the kidneys?

Anuria

What does glyc/o mean?

Sugar

What is excessive urination during the night called?

Nocturia

What is excessive mammary development in a male?

Gynecomastia

What term means difficult or painful urination?

Dysuria

What is backward flow of urine from bladder into ureters?

Vesicoureteral reflux

What is presence of kidney stones called?

Nephrolithiasis

What sudden kidney failure can follow infection, burns, or dehydration?

Acute renal failure (ARF)

What is surgical removal of one or both ovaries?

Oophorectomy

What means absence of sperm in semen?

Azoospermia

What is a fluid-filled sac in the scrotum?

Hydrocele

What does -cele mean?

Hernia or protrusion

What condition is also called thyromegaly?

Goiter

What means excessive uterine bleeding during/between periods?

Menometrorrhagia

What means scanty urination?

Oliguria

What does -dipsia mean?

Thirst

What is milk production when not breastfeeding?

Galactorrhea

What means inflammation of the urinary bladder?

Cystitis

What is a knot of varicose veins in the scrotum?

Varicocele

What is needle puncture to obtain amniotic fluid?

Amniocentesis

What does nocturnal enuresis mean?

Bed-wetting at night

What combining form means secrete?

crin/o

What combining form means testicles?

orchid/o

What is abbreviation for electroencephalography?

EEG

What is abbreviation for diabetes mellitus?

DM

What is abbreviation for acute renal failure?

ARF

What is excessive growth due to growth hormone before puberty?

Gigantism

What is abbreviation for human growth hormone?

HGH

What combining form means kidney?

nephr/o

What does -uria mean?

Urine condition

Which listed condition affects veins in the scrotum?

Varicocele

Why is orchiopexy performed?

To move an undescended testicle into the scrotum

Which sexually transmitted disease is associated with a chancre?

Syphilis

Which dialysis filters waste directly from blood?

Hemodialysis

What combining form means Fallopian tube?

salping/o

Match glyc/o, presby/o, adren/o, mening/o, myc/o.

Sugar; old age; adrenal gland; meninges; fungus

Match ot/o, derm/o, lip/o, vesic/o, -tropic.

Ear; skin; fat; urinary bladder; acting on a specific organ

What combining form means uterus? (Spelling)

hyster/o

Match phleb/o, -lithiasis, sarc/o, trache/o, proct/o.

Vein; stones; flesh; trachea; rectum and anus

Match -plasm, col/o, chol/e, pleur/o, aort/o.

Formation/growth; colon; bile; pleura; aorta

Match contus/o, hidr/o, -opia, cry/o, -tripsy.

Bruise;

sweat;

vision;

cold;

crushing

Match hirsut/o, radicul/o, cutane/o, opt/o, ureter/o.

Hairy; nerve root; skin; vision; ureter

What combining form means vagina? (Spelling)

colp/o

Why is extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy performed?

To break up kidney stones

Match melan/o, phak/o, -dipsia, acr/o, encephal/o.

Black; eye lens; thirst; extremities; brain

What combining form means urinary bladder? (Spelling)

vesic/o

What condition occurs when a testicle fails to descend? (Spelling)

Cryptorchidism

What combining form means kidney? (Spelling)

nephr/o

What combining form means Fallopian tube? (Spelling)

salping/o

What is excessive growth due to growth hormone before puberty? (Spelling)

Gigantism

What combining form means testicles? (Spelling)

orchid/o