Term
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Definition
| INFLAMMATION OF THE GLOMERULI WITHIN THE KIDNEY. |
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Term
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Definition
| INFLAMMATION OF THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT LIES BETWEEN THE RENAL TUBULES. |
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Term
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Definition
KIDNEY STONES
(RENAL CALCULI) |
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Term
NEPHROTIC SYNDROME
(NEPHROSIS) |
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Definition
| GROUP OF CLINICAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE PROTEIN LOSS IN URINE. |
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Term
POLYCYSITIC KIDNEY DISEASE
(PKD) |
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Definition
| MULTIPLE FLUID-FILLED SACS (CYSTS) WITHIN AND ON THE KIDNEY. |
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Term
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Definition
| INFLAMMATION OF THE LINING OF THE RENAL PELVIS AND RENAL PARENCHYMA. |
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Term
RENAL CELL CARCINOMA
(HYPERNEPHROMA) |
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Definition
| CANCEROUS TUMOR OF THE KIDNEY IN ADULTHOOD. |
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Term
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Definition
| KIDNEY DECREASES EXCERTION OF WASTES AS A RESULT OF IMPAIRED FILTRATION FUNCTION. |
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Term
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Definition
| HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE RESULTING FROM KIDNEY DISEAS. |
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Term
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Definition
| MALIGNANT TUMOR OF THE KIDNEY OCCURRING IN CHILDHOOD. |
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Term
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Definition
| MALIGNANT TUMOR OF THE URINARY BLADDER. |
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Term
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Definition
| ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE IS NOT SECRETED ADEQUATELY, OR THE KIDNEY IS RESISTANT TO ITS EFFECT. |
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Term
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Definition
| INSULIN IS NOT SECRETED ADEQUATELY OR NOT USED PROPERLY IN THE BODY. |
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Term
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN
(BUN) |
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Definition
| MEASUREMENT OF UREA LEVELS IN BLOOD. |
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Term
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Definition
| MEASURMENT OF THE RATE AT WHICH CREATININE IS CLEARED FROM THE BLOOD BY THE KIDNEY. |
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Term
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Definition
| X-RAY IMAGES SHOW MULTIPLE CROSS-SECTIONAL AND OTHER VIEWS OF ORGANS AND TISSUES. |
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Term
KIDNEYS, URETERS, AND BLADDER
(KUB) |
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Definition
| X-RAY EXAMINATION (WITHOUT CONTRAST) OF THE KIDNEYS, URETERS, AND BLADDER. |
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Term
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Definition
| X-RAY EXAMINATION (WITH CONTRAST) OF THE BLOOD VESSELS OF THE KIDNEY. |
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Term
RETROGRADE PYELOGRAM
(RP) |
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Definition
| X-RAY IMAGING OF THE RENAL PELVIS AND URETERS AFTER INJECTION OF CONTRAST THROUGH A URINARY CATHETER INTO THE URETERS FROM THE BLADDER. |
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Term
VOIDING CYSTOURETHROGRAM
(VCUG) |
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Definition
| X-RAY RECORD (WITH CONTRAST) OF THE URINARY BLADDER AND URETHRA OBTAINED WHILE THE PATIENT IS VOIDING. |
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Term
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Definition
| IMAGING OF URINARY TRACT STRUCTURES USING HIGH-FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES. |
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Term
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Definition
| IMAGE OF THE KIDNEY AFTER INJECTING A RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE INTO THE BLOODSTREAM. |
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Term
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
(MRI) |
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Definition
| CHANGING MAGNETIC FIELD PRODUCES IMAGES OF THE KIDNEY AND SURROUNDING STRUCTURES IN THE PLANES OF THE BODY. |
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Term
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Definition
| DIRECT VISUALIZATION OF THE URETHRA AND URINARY BLADDER WITH AN ENDOSCOPE. |
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Term
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Definition
| PROCESS OF SEPARATING NITROGENOUS WASTE MATERIALS FROM THE BLOOD. |
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Term
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Definition
| URINARY TRACT STONES ARE CRUSHED. |
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Term
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Definition
| DILATION OF NARROWED AREAS IN RENAL ARTERIES. |
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Term
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Definition
| REMOVAL OF KIDNEY TISSUE FOR MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION. |
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Term
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Definition
| SURGICAL TRANSFER OF A KIDNEY FROM A DONOR TO A RECIPIENT. |
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Term
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Definition
| PASSAGE OF A FLEXIBLE, TUBULAR INSTRUMENT THROUGH THE URETHRA INTO THE URINARY BLADDER. |
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