uretero-, ureter-
(Greek: urinary canal)
Either of two tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder; the walls of each ureter have three layers—a fibrous outer layer, a muscular middle layer, and an inner memberane and are supplied by blood vessels and nerves.
A radiography of the ureter (either of the long, narrow tubes conveying the urine from the pelvis of each kidney to the urinary bladder); A ureterogram is made only after the injection of a radiopaque substance, usually through a ureteral catheter.
The radiography of the ureter, after injection of a contrast medium: A ureterography is a diagnostic image of the ureter, and can also be described as the creation of a ureterogram.
Biology, medicine, a stone in the ureter: Dr. Smith explained to Jim that he had a ureterolith, or a stone in the narrow duct that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.
The surgical incision and removal of a stone (calculus) lodged in a ureter: Mr. Hill was informed by his doctor that an operation called ureterolithotomy would remove the unfragmented stone from his ureter.
A surgical operation to free the ureter from unusual bordering scar tissues or disease: Sometimes it is necessary to have a ureterolysis performed in order to reinstate normal urine motion and protect function of the kidneys.
An unusual expansion of the ureter; megaureter: An enlargement of a ureter is called a ureteromegtaly when it exceeds 7 millimeters.
In anatomy, a disease of the ureter: Jack read on the internet that ureteropathy pertained to an ailment or malfunction of one of the two long narrow passages that transported urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
In medicine, a plastic surgery performed on a ureter: The procedure of an ureteroplasty deals with the repair or reconstruction of the ducts that transport the urine from the kidney to the bladder.
The surgical procedure of forming a connection between a ureter and the rectum: A ureteroproctostomy can reconnect a ureter into a new position within the urinary bladder.
The inflammation of a ureter: When Jane went to her doctor because she had pains in her abdomen, Dr. Smart examined her and said that she had a case of ureteropyelitis caused by a bacterial infection of the urinary tract.
A contrast radiography of the ureter and the nearby renal pelvis:
A ureteropyelography is a radiographic visualization of the upper urinary tract by the injection of a contrast medium, usually through a ureteral catheter. It can be performed either unilaterally or bilaterally.
The formation of a new channel linking a renal pelvis to a ureter: Dr. Tall used the procedure of ureteropyeloneostomy to repair the blockage or stricture in the upper urinary tract in Mr. Hathaway's body
The simultaneous inflation of the ureter and the kidney tissue: Mr. Hils had a hive fever along with chills, back pains, nausea, and he often had to urinate, which was quite painful, all of which were symptoms of the ailment called ureteropyelonephritis.
A complex medical word pertaining to a surgical procedure forming an artificial linkage between the ureter, the renal pelvis and the kidney: This very involved operation, called ureteropyelonephrostomy, pertains to reconstructed surgeries relating to bypassing blockages, scarring, structural abnormalities at the ureteropelvic junction.
The surgical operation to reconstruct the linkage between the ureter and the renal pelvis: By the method of ureteropyeloplasty, the obstruction in the connection between the ureter and the renal pelvis in Mr. Small's body was alleviated.
A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, indirectly, or partially with: "opening, hole, cavity, tract": alveolo-; antro-; anu-; celo-; coelio-; concho-; fenestra-; hernio-; hiat-; meato-; ora-; parieto-; poro-; pyl-, pyle-; pylor-; sphinctero-; splanchn-; stomato-; syringo-; urethro-; vagino-; ventricul-.
