Which of the following terms means enlarged kidney?
A) nephromalacia
B) nephromegaly
C) nephrostenosis
D) nephrosclerosis
B) nephromegaly
Nephr/o means kidney and -megaly means enlarged; therefore, nephromegaly
means enlarged kidney. -malacia means abnormal softening, so nephromalacia means an
abnormally soft kidney. -stenosis means narrowing; thus, nephrostenosis means kidney
narrowing. -sclerosis means hardening; thus, nephrosclerosis means kidney hardening.
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