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chap 11
Medical Word Elements
| Element | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cyst/o | bladder |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| lith/o | stone,calculus |
| meat/o | opening, meatus |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| ren/o | kidney |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| albumin/o | albumin, protein |
| azot/o | nitrogenous compounds |
| bacteri/o | bacteria (singular, bacterium) |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| gonad/o | gonads, sex glands |
| kal/i | potassium (an electrolyte) |
| keton/o | ketone bodies (acids and acetones) |
| noct/o | night |
| olig/o | scanty |
| py/o | pus |
| -cide | killing |
| -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -iasis | abnormal condition (produced by something specified) |
| -ism | condition |
| -spadias | slit, fissure |
| -uria | urine |
| dia- | through, across |
| retro- | backward, behind |