Abbreviations
UTI
What is Urinary Tract Infection?
cysto-
What is bladder?
-scope
What is instrument for viewing?
Scanty urination
What is oliguria?
Catheter
What is flexible, tube-like device for withdrawing or instilling fluids?
I&O
What is intake and output?
pyelo-
What is renal pelvis?
What is meatus?
Narrowing of the urethra
What is urethrostenosis?
retrograde urogram
What is x-ray image of the urinary tract?
IVP
What is intravenous pyelogram?
vesico-
What is bladder?
-ptosis
What is drooping, sagging?
abnormal condition of water in the kidney
What is hydronephrosis?
What is abnormal?
oligo-
What is scanty, few?
Functional unit of the kidney
What is the nephron?
nephrosonography
What is the process of recording the kidney with sound?
to urinate or void
What is micturate?
FUO
What is fever of undetermined origin?
azoto-
What is urea, nitrogen?
Procedure for removing impurities form the blood with use of filter
What is hemodialysis?
lithotripsy
What is surgical crushing of a stone?
Agent that increases the amount of urine
What is diuretic?