A | B |
albuminuria | albumin in urine (kidney problem) |
anuria | absence of urine (kidney not producing) |
diuresis | cond of urine passing through (increased amt) |
dysuria | difficult or painful urination |
glycosuria | sugar in the urine |
hematuria | blood in the urine |
meatal | pertaining to the meatus (opening) |
nephrologist | physician who studies kidneys |
nephrology | study of the kidney |
nocturia | night urination |
oliguria | scanty urine |
polyuria | much urine |
pyuria | pus in the urine |
urinary | pertaining to urine |
urologist | physician who studies urinary tract |
urology | study of urinary tract |
catheter | flexible tube for withdrawing/instilling fluids |
distended | stretched out |
enuresis | involuntary urination |
hemodialysis | process of removing impurities from blood |
incontinence | inability to control bladder &/or bowel |
micturate, void | to urinate |
stricture | abnormal narrowing |
urinal | receptacle for urine |
urinary catheterization | passage of catheter into bladder to withdraw urine |
calculus | stone |
creatinine, urea | waste products |
diuretic | agent that increases amount of urine |
sepsis | infection spreading through bloodstream |
septic | pertaining to sepsis |
uremia | cond of excessive waste products in blood |
peritoneal dialysis | peritoneal cavity used as receptacle for dialysis fluid |
urodynamics | pert to the force and flow or urine in urinary tract |