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Medterm44705/2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| an/o | anus |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cec/o | cecum |
| celi/o | belly, abdomen |
| cheil/o | lip |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| col/o | colon, large intestine |
| colon/o | colon |
| dent/i | tooth |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestines, usually small intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| faci/o | face |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ile/o | ileum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| labi/o | lip |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| mandibul/o | lower jaw, mandible |
| odont/o | tooth |
| or/o | mouth |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| pylor/o | pyloric sphincter |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sialaden/o | salivary glad |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| amyl/o | starch |
| bil/i | gall, bile |
| bilirubin/o | bilirubin (bile pigment) |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| glycogen/o | glycogen, animal starch |
| lip/o | fat, lipid |
| lith/o | stone |
| prote/o | protein |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary |
| steat/o | fat |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -chezia | defecatin, elimination of wastes |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -pradial | meal |
| -ectasis | stretching, dilation, dilatation, widening |
| -ectasia | stretching, dilation, dilatation, widening |
| -lysis | destruction, breakdown, separation |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, protruding |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction of muscles |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -stenosis | tightening, stricture, narrowing |
| -tresia | opening |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cec/o | cecum, first part of colon |
| celi/o | belly, abdomen |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chol/o | bile, gall |
| cholangi/o | bile, vessel |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| col/o | colon, large intestine |
| colon/o | colon, large intestine |
| dent/i | tooth |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestines, usually small intestines |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastro/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o | glucose, sugar |
| glyc/o | glucose, sugar |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| ile/o | ileum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| labi/o | lip |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat lipid |
| lith/o | stone calculus |
| odont/o | tooth |
| or/o | mouth |
| palat/o | palate, roof of the mouth |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| pylor/o | pylorus, pyloric sphincter |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| splen/o | spleen |
| steat/o | fat sebum |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| cali/o | calyx |
| calic/o | calyx |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| meat/o | meatus |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ren/o | kidney |
| trigon/o | trigone, region of the bladder |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| albumin/o | albumin, a protein in the blood |
| azot/o | nitrogen |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| dips/o | thirst |
| kal/o | potassium |
| ket/o | ketone bodies |
| keton/o | ketone bodies |
| lith/o | stone |
| natr/o | sodium |
| noct/o | night |
| olig/o | scanty |
| -poietin | substance that forms |
| py/o | pus |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| ur/o | urine (urea) |
| urin/o | urine |
| -uria | urination, urine condition |
| ADH | antidiuretic hormone |
| ARF | acute renal failure |
| BILI | bilirubin |
| BUN | blood urea nitrogen |
| CAPD | continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis |
| Cath | catheter, catheterization |
| CCPD | continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis |
| CKD | chronic kidney disease-a condition during which serum creatinine and BUN levels rise, which may result in impairment of all body systems |
| Cl- | chloride-an electrolyte excreted by the kidney |
| CRCL | creatinine clearance; also seen as CrCl and CLcr |
| CRF | chronic renal failure-progressive loss of kidney function |
| C | culture and sensitivity testing-to determine antibiotic effectiveness against bacteria grown from a patient's urine specimen |
| cysto | cystoscopic examination |
| ESRD | end-stage renal disease |
| ESWL | extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy |
| GFR | glomerular filtration rate |
| HCO3- | hicarbonate-an electrolyte conserved by the kidney |
| HD | hemodialysis |
| IC | interstitial cystitis-chronic inflammation of the bladder wall |
| K+ | potassium |
| KUB | kidney, ureter, and bladder |
| Na+ | sodium |
| PD | peritoneal dialysis |
| pH | potential hydrogen |
| PKD | polycystic kidney disease |
| PKU | phenylketonuria |
| PUL | percutaneous ultrasonic lithotripsy |
| RP | retrograde pyelogram |
| sp gr | specific gravity |
| UA | urinalysis |
| UTI | urinary tract infection |
| VCUG | voiding cystouretherogram |
| amni/o | amnion |
| cervic/o | cervix, neck |
| chori/o | chorion |
| chorion/o | chorion |
| colp/o | vagina |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| episi/o | vulva |
| galact/o | milk |
| gynec/o | women, female |
| hyster/o | uterus, womb |
| lact/o | milk |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| metr/o | uterus |
| metri/o | uterus |
| my/o | muscle, muscle tumor |
| myom/o | muscle, muscle tumor |
| nat/i | birth |
| obstetr/o | pregnancy and childbirth |
| o/o | egg |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ov/o | egg |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| ovul/o | egg |
| perine/o | perineum |
| phor/o | to bear |
| salping/o | fallopian tubes |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| -arche | beginning |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -gravida | pregnant |
| -parous | bearing, bringing forth |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -salpinx | fallopian(uterine) tube |
| -tocia | labor, birth |
| -version | act of turning |
| dys- | painful |
| endo- | within |
| in- | in |
| intra- | within |
| multi- | many |
| nulli- | no, not, none |
| pre- | before |
| primi- | first |
| retro- | backward |
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