Kidney Care Vocabulary
Understanding some key words can be useful when you are learning about kidney disease. Here is a glossary of terms that can help you expand your kidney care knowledge. Discover the definition behind common – not so common kidney care terms.
A
Arteriovenous fistula
C
Chronic Kidney Disease
Creatinine
D
Dialysis
Dialysis diet
E
End stage renal disease
Erythropoietin
F
Fistula
G
GFR calculator
Glomerular filtration rate
Glomeruli
Graft
H
Hemodialysis
High blood pressure
Home dialysis
Home hemodialysis
Hypertension
K
Kidney
Kidney biopsy
Kidney diet
Kidney disease
Kidney donor
Kidney failure
Kidney function
Kidney transplant
Kidney transplantation
Kidney ultrasound
Kidney-friendly foods
N
Nephron
P
Peritoneal dialysis
Phosphorus
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Potassium
R
Renal diet
Renal failure
Renal-friendly foods
S
Stage 5 CKD
Symptoms of kidney disease
V