| A | B |
| calyx- | cup-shaped |
| -cele | tumor or selling |
| dia- | across |
| glomerulo | resembles a little ball of yarn |
| hydro | water |
| lith- | stone |
| -malacia | softening |
| neo- | new |
| nephr | kidney |
| olig | scanty |
| poly- | many, much |
| pyelo | renal pelvis |
| ren | kidney |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -uria | urine |
| anuria | absence of urine |
| diuretic | drug that increases urinary output |
| dysuria | painful urination |
| enuresis | bedwetting |
| filtrate | fluid that has passed through a filter |
| glycosuria | presence of glucose in urine |
| hematuria | presence of blood in urine |
| incontinence | involuntary urination |
| micturate | to urinate |
| nephralgia | pain in a kidney |
| neurogenic bladder | damage to the nerve that controls the bladder |
| nocturia | frequent urination at night |
| oliguria | reduced production of urine |
| polyuria | excessive urination |
| pyuria | pus in the urine |
| uremia | presence of urinary waste products in the blood |
| urinalysis | examination of the urine |
| urinary catheterization | insertion of a sterile tube into the urinary bladder |
| urinary retention | inability to urinate completely |
| urinate | emptying of urine from the urinary bladder |
| void | emptying of urine form the urinary bladder |