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MED TERM CHAP 9

WORD ROOTS, PREFIXES, AND SUFFIXES

QuestionAnswer
CYST/O URINARY BLADDER, CYST, SAC OF FLUID
DIUR/O, DIURET/O TENDING TO INCREASE URINE OUTPUT
GLOMERUL/O GLOMERULUS
HOME/O SAMENESS, UNCHANGING, CONSTANT
HYDR/O RELATING TO WATER
LITH/O STONE, CALCULUS
MEAT/O OPENING, PASSAGEWAY
NEPHR/O KIDNEY
NOCT/I NIGHT
OLG/O SCANTY, FEW
PY/O PUS
PYEL/O RENAL PLEVIS, BOWL OF KIDNEY
REN/O KIDNEY
UR/O URINE, URINARY TRACT
URETER/O URETER
URETHR/O URETHRA
URIN/O URINE, URINARY TRACT
VESIC/O URINARY BLADDER
AN NO, NOT, WITHOUT
CELE HERNIA, TUMOR, SWELLING
DIA THROUGH, BETWEEN, APART, COMPLETE
DYS BAD, DIFFICULT, PAINFUL
HYDRA RELATING TO WATER
HYPO DEFICIENT, DECREASED
PARA BESIDE, NEAR, BEYOND, ABNORMAL, APART FROM, OPPOSITE, ALONG SIDE OF
POLY MANY
SUPRA ABOVE, EXCESSIVE, UPPER
AL PERTAINING TO
ALGIA PAIN, PAINFUL CONDITION
CELE HERNIA, TUMOR, SWELLING
ECTASIS STRETCHING, DILATION, ENLARGEMENT
ECTOMY SURGICAL REMOVAL, CUTTING OUT, EXCISION
EMIA BLOOD, BLOOD CONDITION
GRAM A PICTURE OR RECORD
GRAPHY THE PROCESS OF PRODUCING A PICTURE OR RECORD
ITIS INFLAMMATION
LITHIASIS PRESENCE OF STONES
LYSIS BREAKDOWN, SEPARATION, SETTING FREE, DESTRUCTION, LOOSENING
OLOGIST SPECIALIST
OSIS ABNORMAL CONDITION, DISEASE
OSTOMY SURGICALLY CREATING AN OPENING
OTOMY CUTTING, SURGICAL INCISION
PATHY DISEASE, SUFFERING, FEELING, EMOTION
PEXY SURGICAL FIXATION
PLASTY SURGICAL REPAIR
PTOSIS DROOP, SAG, PROLAPSE, FALL
RRHAGIA BLEEDING, ABNORMAL EXCESSIVE FLUID DISCHARGE
RRHEA FLOW, DISCHARGE
RRHEXIS RUPTURE
SCLEROSIS ABNORMAL HARDENING
SCOPY VISUAL EXAMINATION
STASIS CONTROL, MAINTENANCE OF A CONSTANT LEVEL
STENOSIS ABNORMAL NARROWING
TIC PERTAINING TO
TRIPSY TO CRUSH
URIA URINATION, URINE
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