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Liles Extra Urinary
Urinary Terminology
Root | Meaning |
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a-,an- | no, not, without |
albumin/o | albumin(protein) |
angi/o | vessel (blood) |
anti- | against |
arteri/o | artery |
azot/o | urea, nitrogen |
bacteri/o | bacteria |
cali/o | calyx |
calic/o | calyx |
cyst/o | urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid |
dia- | complete, through |
dips/o | thirst |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
ectasis | stretching, dilation, expansion |
emia | blood condition |
en- | in, within |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
glyc/o | glucose, sugar |
glycos/o | glucose, sugar |
hydr/o | water |
isch/o | to hold back, back |
ket/o | ketones,acetones |
keton/o | ketones,acetones |
lith/o | stone, calculus |
lithiasis | condition of stones |
lysis | breakdown, seperation, destruction, loosening |
meat/o | meatus (opening) |
megaly | enlargement |
necr/o | death |
nephr/o | kidney |
noct/o | night |
ole | little, small |
olig/o | scanty |
peri- | surrounding |
plasty | surgical repair |
poietin | substance that forms |
poly- | many, much |
ptosis | droop, sag, prolapse, fall |
py/o | pus |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
ren/o | kidney |
retro- | behind, back, backward |
rrhaphy | suture |
rrhea | flow, discharge |
sclerosis | hardening |
spasm | sudden contraction of muscles |
stenosis | tightening, stricture |
-stomy | opening (to form a mouth) |
tom/o | to cut |
-tomy | incision,process of cutting |
tox/o | poison |
trigon/o | trigone (area within the bladder) |
tripsy | to crush |
trophy | nourishment, development |
ule | little, small |
ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
ureter/o | ureter |
urethr/o | urethra |
uria | urination, condition of urine |
urin/o | urine |
vesic/o | urinary bladder |
-pathy | disease condition |
-lithotomy | incision to remove a stone |