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chap 11
Medical Word Elements
Element | Meaning |
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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 |