Combining Forms
Signs & Symptoms
Diseases & Disorders
Treatments
Abbreviations
100
The combining form for urethra.
What is urethr/o?
100
Medical term for excessive urination.
What is polyuria?
100
The medical term for inflammation of the kidney.
What is nephritis?
100
The test that measures the concentration of urea in a sample of blood.
What is blood urea nitrogen?
100
The abbreviation for blood urea nitrogen.
What is BUN?
200
The meaning of the combining form ur/o.
What is urine?
200
Medical term for protein in the urine.
What is proteinuria?
200
The term for inability to control urination.
What is incontinence?
200
Surgical repair of the urinary bladder.
What is cystoplasty?
200
The abbreviation for hemodialysis.
What is HD?
300
The combining form for kidney.
What is nephr/o or ren/o?
300
Inability to pass urine.
What is anuresis?
300
Inflammation of the bladder.
What is cystitis?
300
Surgical removal of a kidney.
What is nephrectomy?
300
The abbreviation for urinary tract infection.
What is UTI?
400
Combining form meaning opening or passage.
What is meat/o?
400
Reduced urination, less than 500 mL in 24 hours.
What is oliguria?
400
An inflammatory condition of the renal pelvis and nephrons.
What is pyelonephritis?
400
The procedure for crushing kidney stones.
What is lithotripsy?
400
The meaning of the abbreviation RP.
What is retrograde pyelogram?
500
Meaning of the combining form albumin/o.
What is protein?
500
The medical term for pus in the urine.
What is pyuria?
500
The presence of one or more calculi within a ureter.
What is ureterolithiasis?
500
Surgery to stabilize the position of the urinary bladder.
What is vesicourethral suspension?
500
The meaning of the abbreviation VCUG.
What is voiding cystourethrogram?
M
e
n
u