HTH 210 Chapter 9

azot/o

nitrogenous waste

bacteri/o

bacteria

cyst/o

urinary bladder

glomerul/o

glomerulus

glycos/o

sugar, glucose

home/o

sameness

hydr/o

water

iatr/o

physician, medicine, treatment

idi/o

distinctive

keton/o

ketones

meat/o

meatus

nephr/o

kidney

nost/i

night

olig/o

scanty

protein/o

protein

pyel/o

renal pelvis

ren/o

kidney

tox/o

poison

ureter/o

ureter

urethr/o

urethra

urin/o, ur/o

urine

-lith

stone

-lysis

to destroy

-ptosis

drooping

-uria

urine condition

normal color of urine

straw-colored, pale yellow to deep gold

normal odor of urine

aromatic

normal appearance of urine

clear

normal specific gravity of urine

1.001 - 1.030

normal pH of urine

5.0 - 8.0

normal protein in urine

negative to trace

normal glucose in urine

none

normal ketones in urine

none

normal blood in urine

none

corpor/o

body

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

necr/o

death

neur/o

nerve

peritone/o

peritoneum

py/o

pus

ven/o

vein

-algia

pain

-cele

protrusion

-ectasis

dilated

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

-genic

producing

-gram

record

-graphy

process of recording

-itis

inflammation

-lithiasis

condition of stones

-logy

study of

-malacia

abnormal softening

-megaly

enlarged

-meter

instrument to measure

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition

-ostomy

surgically create an opening

-otomy

cutting into

-pathy

disease

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhagia

abnormal flow condition

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

instrument to visually examine

-scopy

process of visually examining

-stenosis

narrowing

-tripsy

surgical crushing

an-

without

anti-

against

dys-

painful, difficult

extra-

outside of

intra-

within

poly-

many

retro-

backward

cystic

pertaining to the bladder

glomerular

pertaining to a glomerulus

meatal

pertaining to the meatus

pyelitic

pertaining to the renal pelvis

renal

pertaining to the kidney

ureteral

pertaining to a ureter

urethral

pertaining to the urethra

urinary

pertaining to urine

nephrology

branch of medicine involved in diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the kidney. Physician is a nephrologist.

urology

branch of medicine involved in diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the urinary system (and male reproduction system). Physician is a urologist.

anuria

complete lack of urine production and lack of urine excretion

azotemia

nitrogenous wastes in the bloodstream

bacteriuria

presence of bacteria in the urine

calculus

stone formed within an organ from mineral salts

cystalgia

urinary bladder pain

cystolith

bladder stone

cystorrhagia

abnormal bleeding from the urinary bladder

diuresis

increased formation and secretion of urine

dysuria

difficult or painful urination

enuresis

involuntary discharge of urine; also called bed-wetting at night

frequency

greater-than-normal urge to urinate; no increase in total volume of urine

glycosuria

presence of sugar in the urine

hemturia

presence of blood in the urine

hesitancy

decrease in force of urine stream; often with difficulty initiating flow