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Chapter 8
30 terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| nephr/o | kidney |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| cyst/o | sac, pouch, urinary bladder |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| meat/o | meatus |
| ren/o | kidney |
| -al | pertaining to |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| lith/o | stone |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| logist | pertaining to the study of. |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| athr/o | joint |
| scler/o | hard |
| The collection of waste products in the blood that is usually associated with kidney failure is called? | Uremia |
| Which of the following is true of the word parts in the term azotemia? | Azot/o means nitrogen-containing waste, urea, and -emia means blood condition. |
| The urinary system is composed of two kidneys, two ureters, a urinary _______________, a urethra, and a meatus. | Bladder |
| What does the combining form vesic/o mean? | Sac, urinary bladder |
| The medical term for difficulty or pain with urination is. | Dysuria |
| The treatment that removes the body’s waste products when the kidneys can no longer function properly is called. | Dialysis |
| The medical term for blood or blood cells in the urine is. | Hematuria |
| A stone that has formed or lodged in the bladder is known as a. | Cystolith |
| urin/o | -urine |
| ur/o | -urine; urinary tract |
| a- and an- | without, not |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | abnormal, difficult, painful, bad, or impaired |
| epi- | above, upon |
| endo- | within |
| exo- | outside |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| hypo- | below normal, deficient |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| oligo- | few, scanty (important for urine output) |
| poly- | many, much (important for urine output) |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| peri- | around |
| sub- | under, below |
| super-, supra- | above |
| tachy- | fast |
| brady- | slow |
| trans- | across, through |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, protrusion |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | producing, causing |
| -gram | record, image |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -otomy | incision, cutting into |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhage / -rrhagia | bursting forth (bleeding) |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| -scopy | process of visually examing |
| -scope | instrument to view |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing (often stones) |
| -uria | urine condition (very important for urinary system) |
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