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Medical Terminology
Urinary and Reproductive Terms
| Root | Definition/Med Term |
|---|---|
| creatinine | A WASTE MATERIAL IN THE URINE (CREATINURIA: EXCESS CREATININE |
| cysto | BLADDER (CYSTOSCOPY: BLADDER EXAMINATION) |
| glomerulo | NEPHRON PART, LITTLE BALL, A MILLION OF THESE IN THE KIDNEYS (GLOMERULITIS: GLOMERULI INFLAMMATION) |
| nephro | KIDNEY (NEPHRECTOMY: KIDNEY REMOVAL) |
| peritoneo | LINING OF ABDOMINAL ORGANS (PERITONITIS: PERITONIUM INFLAMMATION) |
| pyelo | PELVIS (PYELONEPHRITIS: PELVIC AND KIDNEY INFLAMMATION) |
| reni | KIDNEY (RENIFORM: KIDNEY-SHAPED) |
| uretero | URETER (URETEROCELE: URETER TUMOR) |
| urethro | URETHRA (URETHRITIS: URETHRA INFLAMMATION) |
| uri | URINE (URIPOSIA: DRINKING OF URINE) |
| uric | PERTAINING TO URINE (URICEMIA: URIC ACID IN THE BLOOD) |
| urina | URINE (URINATION "MICTURATION": DISCHARGE OF URINE) |
| uro | URINE (UROLOGY: URINE, STUDY OF) |
| bulbo | BULBLIKE, BULBOURETHRAL GLAND (BULBITIS: INFLAMMATION OF THE BULBOURETHRAL GLAND) |
| cervi | NECK, UTERUS (CERVICECTOMY: CERVIX REMOVAL) |
| galacto | MILK (GALACTORRHEA: EXCESSIVE MILK) |
| genito | REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM (GENITOPLASTY: GENITAL ORGAN SURGERY) |
| hyster | UTERUS (HYSTERECTOMY: UTERUS REMOVAL) |
| lactin | MILK (LACTATION: MILK PRODUCING) |
| mast | BREAST (MASTECTOMY: BREAST REMOVAL) |
| metr | UTERUS (ENDOMETRIOSIS: ABNORMAL CELLS OUTSIDE UTERUS, CONDITION) |
| natal | BORN (NEONATAL: NEWBORN) |
| oophoro | OVARY (OOPHOROITIS: OVARY INFLAMMATION) |
| orchido | TESTICLE, PLURAL "TESTES" (ORCHIDOPTOSIS: TESTICLE DROPPING) |
| ova, ovi, ovo | EGG (OVICIDE: EGG DESTRUCTION) |
| salping | TUBE, FALLOPIAN (SALPINGITIS: INFLAMMATION OF FALLOPIAN TUBE) |
| sperma, spermato | SEED (SPERMACRASIA: LACK OF SPERM) |
| vas | DUCT, VESSEL (VASECTOMY: EXCISION OF VAS DEFERENS) |