Urinary Vocab. & WP. Vocabulary KEY Albuminuria: protein in the urine Anuria: without urine Dialysis (kidney) – separating particles from a fluid by filtration.

Urinary Vocab. & WP

Vocabulary KEY

Albuminuria: protein in the urineAnuria: without urineDialysis (kidney) – separating particles from a fluid

by filtration through a semipermeable membraneDiuresis: increased excretion of urineGlycosuria: sugar in the urineHematuria: blood in the urineKidney: Structural unit of the urinary systemMicturition: urination

Vocabulary

Oliguria: diminished amount of urinePolyuria: large quantity of urinePyuria: Pus in urineUrea - the chief solid component of urine;

synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide.Ureter: tube that moves urine from kidney to

bladderUrinalysis: physical chemical or microscopic

examination of urineUrination: discharge of urineVoid: to empty

Word Parts 13-14

Albumin/oAn-Cyst/oDi-Dys--esisGlycos/oHemat/o-lysis

Nephr/oOlig/oPoly-Py/oRen/o-sis-uresis-uriaUrin/o

Word Parts KEY

Albumin/o – albumin, protein.An-no, not, without.Cyst/o – urinary bladder, cyst,

sac of fluid.Di - twice, twofold, double.Dys - bad, difficult, painful.-esis – abnormal condition,

disease.Glycos/o – glucose, sugar.Hemat/o – blood, relating to the

blood.-lysis – breakdown, separation,

setting free, destructions, loosening.

Nephr/o – kidney.Olig/o – scanty,

few.Poly – many.Py/o – pus.Ren/o – kidney.-uresis –

urination.-uria – urination,

urine.Urin/o – urine or

urinary organs.

Voiding

To empty; empty the bladder of urine.

Urination

Discharge or passage of urine.

Dialysis (kidney)

Separating particles from a fluid by filtration through a semipermeable membrane.

Urinalysis

Physical, chemical or microscopic examination of urine.

Ureter

Tube that transports urine from the kidney to the bladder.

Urea

The chief solid component of urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide.

Kidney

main organ of the urinary system; form urine.

Micturition

Process of urination.

Poly-

many.

Hemat/o

blood, relating to the blood.

Olig/o

scanty, few.

Ren/o

kidney.

An-

no, not, without.

-uresis

urination.

-esis

abnormal condition, disease.

Cyst/o

urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid.

Glycos/o

glucose, sugar.

Di -

twice, twofold, double.

Urin/o

urine or urinary organs.

Albumin/o

albumin, protein.

Py/o

pus.

Dys -

bad, difficult, painful.

-lysis

breakdown, separation, setting free, destructions, loosening.

Nephr/o

kidney.

-uria

urination, urine.