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chapter 5-subffixes
Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| albumn/o | albumin |
| azot/o | urea, nitrogen |
| blast/o | developing cell, germ cell |
| cyst/o | bladder, sac |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| glycos/o | sugar |
| hydr/o | water |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| meat/o | meatus |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| noct/i | night |
| olig/o | few, scanty |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ren/o | kidney |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine, urinary tract |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| vesic/o | bladder, sac |
| -iasis | condition |
| -esis | condition |
| -lith | stone |
| -lysis | loosening, dissolution, separating |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| -rrhaphy | suturing, repairing |
| -tripsy | surgical crusing |
| -uria | urine, urination |