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Urinary System
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| dia- | through |
| en- | within, upon, on, over |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | upon, over, above, on top |
| hyper- | excessive, abnormally high, above |
| hypo- | under, below normal |
| poly- | many |
| albumin/o | albumin (a protein) |
| azot/o | urea, nitrogen |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| cyst/o | sac, bladder |
| glomerul/o | little ball, glomerulus |
| gluc/o | glucose, sugar, sweet |
| hydr/o | water |
| ket/o, keton/o | ketone bodies |
| lith/o | stone |
| lys/o | break apart, dissolve |
| meat/o | opening, passage |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| noct/o | night |
| olig/o | few in number |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ren/o | kidney |
| son/o | sound |
| spadias/o | rip, tear |
| sten/o | narrowness, constriction |
| tom/o | to cut |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o, ur/o | urine |
| vesic/o | sac, bladder |
| -cele | hernia, swelling, protrusion |
| -iasis | condition of |
| -ion | pertaining to |
| -is | pertaining to |
| -lysis | to loosen, dissolve |
| -meter | measuring instrument |
| -pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
| -ptosis | falling downward, drooping |
| -rrhaphy | suturing |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -uresis | urination |
| -uria | condition of urine, urination |
| tens/o | pressure |