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CH13word part
CH13 word part
| 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 bladder) |
| ur/o | urine; urinary tract |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| xanth/o | yellow; yellowish |
| a-, an- | not; without |
| dia- | complete; through |
| dys- | painful; difficult |
| hyper- | above; above normal; excessive |
| inter- | between |
| poly- | many; much |
| -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia; swelling; protrusion |
| -e | (noun suffix with no meaning) |
| -ectasia | dilation; expansion |
| -gram | record; image |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -in | chemical; chemical compound; substance |
| -logist | specialist |
| -lysis | breakdown; separation; loosening |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -osis | process; abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -poietin | substance that forms |
| -ptosis | droop; sag; prolapse; protrude |
| -sclerosis | hardening; thickening |
| -scopy | visual examination using a scope |
| -stitial | pertaining to standing or positioned |
| -tomy | process of cutting; incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -uria | urination; condition of urine |
| -us | structure; tissue; thing |