Which of the following terms means renal pelvis inflammation?
A) renitis
B) pyeloplasty
C) pyelitis
D) pyelogram
C) pyelitis
Pyel/o means renal pelvis and -itis means inflammation; thus, pyelitis means renal
pelvis inflammation. Ren/o means kidney, so renitis would be kidney inflammation. -plasty
means surgical repair; therefore, pyeloplasty means surgical repair of the renal pelvis. -gram
means record, so pyelogram means record of the renal pelvis.
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