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Medterm unit13
Urinary system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| albumin/o | albumin (a protein) |
| azot/o | nitrogen |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| calcul/o | stone |
| cali/o | calyx |
| cyst/o | cyst, fluid sac, bladder |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| glyc/o, glycos/o | sugar, glucose |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| meat/o | meatus |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| noct/o | night |
| olig/o | scanty, very small |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ren/o | kidney |
| trigon/o | trigone (region of the bladder) |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| a-, an- | not, without |
| dia- | complete through |
| dys- | painful difficult |
| hyper- | above, above normal, excessive |
| inter- | between |
| poly- | many, much |
| -al, -ary, -ial, -ic | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia, swelling, protrusion |
| -e | noun suffix with no meaning |
| -gram | record, image |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation, loosening |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -poietin | substance that forms |
| -sclerosis | hardening, thickening |
| -stitial | pertaining to standing or positioned |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -uria | urination, condition of urine |
| -us | structure, tissue, thing |