Which term means albumin in the urine?

• A. Adrenalectomy
• B. Adrenopathy
• C. Albuminuria
• D. Afferent

Answer: (C)

The main idea is how medical terms describe what’s found in urine. The suffix -uria signals a condition related to urine, and when you put it with the name of a substance, you get the specific urine finding. Albuminuria means albumin in the urine. Albumin is a major protein in the blood, normally kept out of urine by the kidneys; when the kidneys are damaged or stressed, albumin leaks into the urine, so its presence is a sign of potential kidney problems. The other terms refer to the adrenal gland or to a direction/structure concept and don’t describe urine content. So the term for albumin in the urine is albuminuria.