Urinary System Terminology
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- Procedure to separate waste material from the blood and to maintain fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance in impaired kidney function or in the absence of a kidney.
- dialysis
- Condition of increased or excessive flow of urine
- diuresis
- Condition of involuntary emission of urine (bed-wetting)
- enuresis
- Presence of blood in the urine
- hematuria
- Presence of glucose in the urine
- glycosuria
- Inability to hold urine
- incontinence
- Inflammation of the kidney
- nephritis
- Inflammation of the kidney and bladder
- nephrocystitis
- Excessive urination
- polyuria
- Pain in the urethra
- urethalgia
- Abnormal condition in which the body tissues contain an accumulation of fluid
- edema
- Acute pain that occurs in the kidney area and is caused by blockage during the passage of a stone
- renal colic
- Pertaining to the kidney
- renal
- Difficult or painful urination
- dysuria
- Excessive urination during the night
- nocturia