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Chap 12 Terms
urinary system
Question | Answer |
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albumin/o | albumin (a protein) |
azot/o | nitrogen |
bacteri/o | bacteria |
calcul/o | stone |
cali/o | calyx |
cyst/o | cyst; fluid sac; bladder |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
lith/o | stone; calculus |
meat/o | meatus |
nephr/o | kidney |
noct/o | night |
olig/o | scanty (very small) |
peritone/o | preitoneum |
py/o | pus |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
ren/o | kidney |
trigon/o | trigone (region of bladder) |
ur/o | urine; urinary tract |
ureter/o | ureter |
urethr/o | urethra |
urin/o | urine |
vesic/o | urinary bladder |
a-, an- | not; without |
dia- | complete; through |
dys- | painful; difficult |
hyper- | above; above normal; excessive |
inter- | between |
ploy- | many; much |
-al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
-e | (noun suffix with no meaning) |
-cele | hernia; swelling; protrusion |
-gram | record; image |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-lysis | breakdown; seperation; lossening |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-poietin | substance that forms |
-sclerosis | hardening; thickening |
-stitial | pertaining to standing or positioned |
-tripsy | crushing |
-uria | urination; condition of urina |
-us | structure; tissue; thing |
gly/o, glycos/o | sugar; glucose |