Urinary
nephrolithiasis
nef-roh-lih-THY-uh-sis
StatusNew
Definition
Kidney stones
PathologyUrinary
Breakdown
Root
nephr/o
kidney
Suffix
-iasis
condition
Etymology
Greek: nephr/o (kidney) + lith/o (stone) + -iasis (condition)
Practice
Related Terms
cholelithiasis
koh-leh-lih-THY-uh-sis
Presence of gallstones in the gallbladder
Digestivechol/e
nephrology
neh-FROL-oh-jee
Medical specialty dealing with the kidneys
Urinarynephr/o
nephritis
neh-FRY-tis
Inflammation of the kidney
Urinarynephr/o
pyelonephritis
py-eh-loh-neh-FRY-tis
Inflammation of the kidney and renal pelvis, usually due to infection
Urinarynephr/o
nephrectomy
neh-FREK-toh-mee
Surgical removal of a kidney
Urinarynephr/o
psoriasis
soh-RY-uh-sis
Chronic skin condition with scaly patches
Integumentarypsor