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Medical Terminology
Chapter 7 - Urinary System - Combining forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cali/o ; calic/o | cup shaped |
| -calyx | cup shapped |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| meat/o | meatus |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ren/o | kidney |
| trigon/o | trigone |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| albumin/o | albumin |
| azot/o | nitrogen |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| dips/o | thirst |
| kal/o | potassium |
| ket/o ; keton/o | ketone bodies |
| lith/o | stones |
| natr/o | sodium |
| noct/o | night |
| olig/o | scanty |
| -poieten | substance that forms |
| py/o | pus |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| ur/o | urea |
| -uria | urination ; urine condition |
| uri/o | urine |
| angi/o | vessels |
| glycos/o | sugar |
| hydr/o | water |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| -ectasis | stretching; dilation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -esis | condition |
| -gram | record or tracing |
| -lithiasis | condition of stones |
| -lithotomy | incision for removal of stones |
| -lysis | breakdown |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -ole | little small (artery) |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | sag, droop |
| -rrhea | discharge ; flow |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stomy | new opening (to form a mouth) |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| a- ; an- | no ; not ; without |
| anti- | again |
| dia- | complete |
| dys- | bad ; painfull |
| en- | in ; within |
| peri- | around ; surrounding |
| poly- | much ; many |
| retro- | behind ; back |
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