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Chap 11 Elem & Mean
IU MED TERM Chap 11 Elements & Meanings
Chap 11 Elements | Chap 11 Elements & Meanings |
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cyst/o | bladder |
vesic/o | bladder |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
lith/o | stone, calculus |
meat/o | opening, meatus |
nephr/o | kidney |
ren/o | kidney |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
ur/o | urine |
ureter/o | ureter |
urethr/o | orethra |
andr/o | male |
balan/o | glans penis |
epididym/o | epididymis |
orch/o | testis (plural testes) |
orchi/o | testis (plural testes) |
orchid/o | testis (plural testes) |
test/o | testis (plural testes) |
prostat/o | prostate gland |
spermat/o | spermatozoa, sperm cells |
sperm/o | spermatozoa, sperm cells |
vas/o | vessels; vas deferens; duct |
varic/o | dilated vein |
vesicul/o | seminal vesicle |
albumin/o | albumin, protein |
azot/o | nitrogenous, compounds |
bacteri/o | bacteria |
crypt/o | hidden |
gonad/o | gonads, sex glands |
kal/i | potassium (an electrolyte) |
keton/o | ketone bodies (acids and acetone) |
noct/o | night |
olig/o | scanty |
py/o | pus |
-cide | killing |
-genesis | forming, producing, origin |
-iasis | abnormal condition (produced by something specified) |
-ism | condition |
-spadias | slit, fissure |
-uria | urine |
dia- | through, across |
retro- | bacward, behind |