| A | B |
|---|
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| meat/o | meatus (opening) |
| albumin/o | albumin |
| ket/o; keton/o | ketone bodies |
| olig/o | scanty (little bit) |
| noct/o | night |
| -uria | urine condition |
| cyst/o; vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| nephr/o; ren/o | kidney |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| ARF | kidney failure that is sudden (acute) |
| BUN | a test to measure kideny function |
| CAPD | continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis |
| CRF | kidney failure that occurs over time (chronic) |
| CKD | chronic kidney disease (rising BUN and serum creatinine levels) |
| GFR | rate at which the blood is filtered through the glomerulus |
| HD | complete separation of blood |
| KUB | series of x-ray films that focus on the kidneys, ureters, and bladder |
| RP | retrograde pyelogram |
| UA | screening of urine |
| UTI | infection in the urinary tract |
