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ML 11
ML 11 - Urology - prefixes, combining forms, suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-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 |