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Chapter 7
Ch 7 - Urinary System - Combining Forms, Suffixes, Prefixes
| Prefixes | meaning |
|---|---|
| albumin/o | albumin (protein) |
| angi/o | vessel (blood) |
| azot/o | urea; nitrogen |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| cali/o | calyx |
| calic/o | calyx |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid |
| dips/o | thirst |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| glycos/o | glucose; sugar |
| hydr/o | water |
| isch/o | to hold back; back |
| ket/o | keytones; acetones |
| keton/o | keytones; acetones |
| lith/o | stone; calculus |
| meat/o | meatus (opening) |
| necr/o | death |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| noct/o | night |
| olig/o | scanty |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ren/o | kidney |
| trigon/o | trigone (area within the bladder) |
| ur/o | urine; urinary tract |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| -ectasis | dilation; dilatation; widening |
| -ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -esis | action; condition; state of |
| -gram | record |
| -lithiasis | condition of stones |
| -lithotomy | incision (for removal) of a stone |
| -lysis | breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -ole | little; small |
| -osis | conditon, usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disease; emotion |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -poietin | substance that forms |
| -ptosis | droop; sag; prolapse; protrude |
| -rrhea | flow; discharge |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stenosis | tightening; stricture |
| -stomy | new opening (to form a mouth) |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| -uria | urination; condition of urine |
| a-, an- | no; not; without |
| anti- | against |
| dia- | complete; through |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult; abnormal |
| en- | in; within |
| peri- | surrounding |
| poly- | many; much |
| retro- | behind; back; backward |