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med chap 9 terms
death pt. 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| azot/o | nitrogenous waste |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| corpor/o | body |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| genit/o | genitals |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| glycos/o | sugar, glucose |
| home/o | sameness |
| hydr/o | water |
| iatr/o | physician, medicine, treatment |
| idi/o | distinctive |
| keton/o | ketones |
| meat/o | meatus |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| noct/i | night |
| olig/o | scanty |
| protein/o | protein |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ren/o | kidney |
| tox/o | poison |
| ur/o | urine |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine |
| -lith | stone |
| -lysis | to destroy |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -uria | urine condition |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| lith/o | stone |
| necr/o | death |
| neur/o | nerve |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| py/o | pus |
| ven/o | vein |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -cele | protrusion |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasis | dilated |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | producing |
| -gram | record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lithiasis | condition of stones |
| -logy | study of |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlarged |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| -oma | tumor |
| -ory | pertaining to |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ostomy | surgically create an opening |
| -otomy | cutting into |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhagia | abnormal flow condition |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| an- | without |
| anti- | against |
| dys- | painful, difficult |
| extra- | outside of |
| intra- | within |
| poly- | many |
| retro- | backward |
| cystic | pertaining to the bladder |
| glomerular | pertaining to a glomerulus |
| meatal | pertaining to the meatus |
| pyelitic | pertaining to the renal pelvis |
| renal | pertaining to the kidney |
| ureteral | pertaining to a ureter |
| urethral | pertaining to the urethra |
| urinary | pertaining to urine |