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Urinary System
Word Parts
Question | Answer |
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-cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
cyst/o | urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid |
dia | through, between, apart, complete |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
hydr/o | water |
lith/o | stone, calculus |
-lysis | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening |
nephr/o | kidney |
pyel/o | renal pelvis, bowl of kidney |
-tripsy | to crush |
ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
ureter/o | ureter |
urethr/o | urethra |
-uria | urination, urine |
vesic/o | urinary bladder |
home/o | constant |
-stasis | control |
ren | kidney |
-al | pertaining to |
-pathy | disease |
-ologist | specialist |
-emia | blood condition |
-tic | pertaining to |
ec- | out |
top | place |
-ic | pertaining to |
-osis | abnormal condition, or disease |
-itis | inflammation |
py/o | pus |
poly- | many |
-lithiasis | presences of stones |
-lith | stones |
-rrhagia | bleeding |
-algia | pain |
vagin | vagina |
neur/o | nerve |
-genic | created by |
-ism | condition of |
rrhea | flow or discharge |
-stenosis | tightening or narrowing |
an- | without |
en- | into |
noct | night |
olig | scanty |
-alysis | study of the parts |
-scopy | visual examination |
-graphy | process of creating a picture or record |
-gram | picture or record |
dia- | complete or through |
-lysis | separation |
-lysis | sertting free |
-lysis | destruction |
-ostomy | creating an opening |
-otomy | surgical incision |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
ile | ileum or small intestine |
rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
meat | meatus |
-plasty | surgical repair |
prostat/o | prostate |
ARF | acute renal failure |
BPH | benign prostatic hyperplasia |
cath | catheterization |
CKD | chronic kidney disease |
cysto | cystoscopy |
DRE | digital rectal examination |
ESRD | end stage renal disease |
ESWL | extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy |
PKD | polycystic kidney disease |
TURP | transurethral resection of the prostate |
UTI | urinary tract infection |