ML 11 - Urology - prefixes, combining forms, suffixes
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| -al | pertaining to
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| absorpt/o | absorb or take in
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| acid/o | acid (low pH)
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| albumin/o | albumin
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| alges/o | sensation of pain
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| alkal/o | base (high pH)
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| ambulat/o | walking
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| an- | without, not
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| angi/o | blood vessel; lymphatic vessel
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| anti- | against
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| -ar | pertaining to
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| arteri/o | artery
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| -ary | pertaining to
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| -ate | composed of; pertaining to
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| -ation | a process; being or having
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| bacteri/o | bacterium
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| bi/o | life; living organisms; living tissue
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| blast/o | immature; embryonic
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| calcul/o | stone
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| calic/o | calix
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| cali/o | calix
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| cancer/o | cancer
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| carcin/o | cancer
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| catheter/o | catheter
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| -cele | hernia
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| chem/o | chemical, drug
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| chron/o | time
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| col/o | colon
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| congenit/o | present at birth
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| contin/o | hold together
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| corpor/o | body
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| cortic/o | cortex (outer region)
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| cutane/o | skin
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| cyst/o | bladder; fluid-filled sac; semisolid cyst
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| -cyte | cell
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| dia- | complete; completely through
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| diabet/o | diabetes
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| dist/o | away from the center or point of origin
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| dys- | painful, difficult, abnormal
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| -eal | pertaining to
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| -ectasis | dilatation
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| -ectomy | surgical excision
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| electr/o | electricity
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| -emia | condition of the blood; substance in the blood
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| -emic | pertaining to blood or a substance in the blood
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| -ence | state of
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| enur/o | to urinate in
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| epi- | upon, above
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| erythr/o | red
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| -esis | condition
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| -etic | pertaining to
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| excret/o | removing from the body
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| extern/o | outside
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| extra- | outside of
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| filtrat/o | filtering; straining
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| filtr/o | filter
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| genit/o | genitalia
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| gen/o | arising from; produced by
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| glomerul/o | glomerulus
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| glycos/o | glucose
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| -grade | going
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| -gram | a record or picture
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| hemat/o | blood
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| hem/o | blood
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| hemoglobin/o | hemoglobin
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| hil/o | hilum (indentation in an organ)
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| hyal/o | clear glasslike substance
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| hydr/o | water
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| hypo- | below; deficient
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| -ia | condition, state, thing
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| -iasis | abnormal condition, condition
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| -ic | pertaining to
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| -ile | pertaining to
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| in- | in; within; not
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| -ine | pertaining to
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| infect/o | disease within
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| interstiti/o | spaces within a tissue
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| intra- | within
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| -ion | action; condition
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| -ist | one who specializes in
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| -ition | a process; being or having
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| -itis | inflammation of
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| -ity | state; condition
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| -zation | process of making, creating, or inserting
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| kal/i | potassium
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| keton/o | ketones
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| leuk/o | white
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| lith/o | stone
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| log/o | word; the study of
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| -logy | the study of
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| -lysis | proces of breaking down or dissolving
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| lys/o | breaking down or dissolving
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| -lyte | dissolved substance
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| medull/o | medulla (inner region)
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| -meter | instrument used to measure
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| metr/o | measurement
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| -metry | process of measurement
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| micro- | small
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| micturi/o | making urine
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| mucos/o | mucous membrane
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| necr/o | death
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| nephr/o | kidney
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| neur/o | nerve
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| noct/o | night
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| olig/o | scanty
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| -oma | tumor, mass
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| -opsy | process of viewing
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| -ory | having the function of
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| -osis | condition; abnormal condition; process
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| -ous | pertaining to
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| -pathy | disease, suffering
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| pelv/o | pelvis (hip bone; renal pelvis)
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| pen/o | penis
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| per- | through, throughout
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| peri- | around
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| peritone/o | peritoneum
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| -pexy | process of surgically fixing in place
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| -plasty | process of reshaping by surgery
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| -poietin | substance that forms
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| poly- | many, much
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| post- | after, behind
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| prostat/o | prostate gland
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| protein/o | protein
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| proxim/o | near the center or point of origin
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| -ptosis | state of prolapse or drooping; falling
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| pub/o | pubis (hip bone)
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| pyel/o | renal pelvis
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| py/o | pus
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| radic/o | all parts including the root
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| radi/o | radius (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation
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| re- | again and again; backward; unable to
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| refract/o | bend or deflect
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| ren/o | kidney
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| resect/o | to cut out and remove
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| retent/o | keep; hold back
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| retro- | behind, backward
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| scler/o | sclera; white of the eye
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| -scope | instrument used to examine
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| scop/o | examine with an instrument
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| -scopy | process of using and instrument to examine
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| sensitiv/o | sensitive to; affected by
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| son/o | sound
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| spasmod/o | spasm
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| -stalsis | contraction
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| supra- | above
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| suspens/o | hanging
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| -therapy | treatment
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| -tic | pertaining to
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| tom/o | a cut, slice, or layer
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| -tomy | process of cutting or making an incision
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| tox/o | poison
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| trans- | across, through
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| transplant/o | move something to another place
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| -tripsy | the process of crushing
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| -triptor | thing that crushes
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| tub/o | tube
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| tubul/o | tube, small tube
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| -ule | small thing
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| ultra- | beyond; higher
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| ureter/o | ureter
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| urethr/o | urethra
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| urin/o | urine; urinary system
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| ur/o | urine; urinary system
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| vagin/o | vagina
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| ven/o | vein
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| vesic/o | bladder
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