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This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies. Most of them are combining forms in Neo-Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary. There are a few general rules about how they combine.
Uremia is the condition of having high levels of urea in the blood. Urea is one of the primary components of urine.It can be defined as an excess in the blood of amino acid and protein metabolism end products, such as urea and creatinine, which would normally be excreted in the urine.
Meaning U OSM: urine osmolality UA: urinalysis unstable angina U/A upon arrival UAE: Uterine Artery Embolization (synonym for Uterine Fibroid Embolization) UBT: urea breath test: UC: ulcerative colitis uterine contraction: UCHD: usual childhood diseases (see list of childhood diseases) UCTD: Undifferentiated connective tissue disease: UCx ...
Hemoglobinuria is a condition in which the oxygen transport protein hemoglobin is found in abnormally high concentrations in the urine. [1] The condition is caused by excessive intravascular hemolysis, in which large numbers of red blood cells (RBCs) are destroyed, thereby releasing free hemoglobin into the plasma. [2]
Medical management consists of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, which are typically first-line therapy for proteinuria. In patients whose proteinuria is not controlled with ACE inhibitors, the addition of an aldosterone antagonist (i.e., spironolactone ) [ 27 ] or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) [ 28 ] may further reduce ...
Depending on the cause of the polyuria, the adequate treatment should be afforded. According to NICE, desmopressin can be considered for nocturnal polyuria, which can be caused by diabetes mellitus, [5] if other medical treatments have failed. The recommendation had no studies that met the criteria for consideration.
Definition. Urea and creatinine are nitrogenous end products of metabolism. [2] Urea is the primary metabolite derived from dietary protein and tissue protein ...
The onomatopoetic term piss predates the word urine, but is now considered vulgar. [65] [66] Urinate was at first used mostly in medical contexts. [citation needed] Piss is also used in such colloquialisms as to piss off, [65] piss poor, and the slang expression pissing down to mean heavy rain.