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Chap 11 Elem & Mean
IU MED TERM Chap 11 Elements & Meanings
| Chap 11 Elements | Chap 11 Elements & Meanings |
|---|---|
| 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 |