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