Pathopharm Exam 3

Anasarca

Severe generalized edema

Anuria

Absence of urine production

Azotemia

Excess urea and other nitrogen wastes on the blood, as in renal failure

Calculi

A stone developing in the body

Dialysis

A procedure to remove wastes and excess fluid or adjust blood to normal values in cases of renal failure

Dialysate

Dialysis fluid

Dysuria

Painful urination

Glucosuria

Glucose in the urine

Hematuria

Blood in the urine (can be microscopic or gross)

Micturition

Voiding of the bladder; urination

Nidus

Focus or point of origin of a morbid process

Nocturia

urination required during sleep at night

Oliguria

abnormally small volume of urine output

Osteodystrophy

A general defect in bone development related to altered calcium and phosphate metabolism

Polyuria

An abnormally large volume of urine excreted within a given period

Proteinuria

Protein in the urine

Pyuria

Pus in the urine

Renal colic

Intense spasms of pain in the flank area radiating to the groin until the last stone passes or is removed. Caused y an obstruction of the ureter. 

Retroperitoneally

behind the peritoneal membrane against the abdominal wall

Trigone

Triangular area that consists of the two ureters and the urethra

Ultrafiltration

Diffusion by a concentration gradient across a semipermeable membrane

Urgency

The need to void immediately