Prefix
Suffix
Combining Forms
Abbreviations
Double
100
urethr/o
urethra
100
-uria
urine, urination
100
ur/o
urine
100
UTI
urinary tract infection
100
What was common in the seventeenth century?
"taste testing"
200
ureter/o
ureter
200
-lysis
breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
200
prostat/o
prostate
200
CKD
chronic kidney disease
200
Approximately how many quarts of fluid are filtered through the glomerular blood every day?
190 quarts
300
glomerul/o
glomerulus
300
-tripsy
to crush
300
nephr/o
kidneys
300
ARF
acute renal failure
300
What is hypernephroma?
renal cell carcinoma
400
lith/o
stones, calculus
400
-pexy
surgical fixation
400
cyst/o
urinary bladder
400
cath
catheterization
400
At any one time, what percent of blood is being filtered by your kidneys?
20%
500
dia-
through, between, apart, complete
500
-ectasis
stretching, dilation, enlargement
500
pyel/o
renal pelvis
500
cysto
cystoscopy
500
What is hydronephrosis?
obstruction of the urine flow caused by renal calculi
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