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Pre/Suf combining Ur
prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms (Urinary)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a | absence of, without |
| an | absence of, without |
| dia | through, complete |
| dys | painful, abnormal, difficult, labored |
| poly | many, much |
| albumin/o | albumin - protein found in blood |
| azot/o | urea. nitrogen |
| blasto/o | devloping cell, germ cell |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder, sac or cyst |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus capillary network in the kidney |
| glyco/o | sugar, glucose |
| glycos/o | sugar, glucose |
| hydr/o | water; fluid |
| lith/o | stone; calculus |
| meat/o | meatus; opening |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| noct/i | night |
| olig/o | few, scanty |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis (collecting area of the kidney |
| py/o | pus |
| ren/o | kidney |
| ureter/o | ureter - tube that carries from kidney to bladder |
| urethr/o | urethra tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body |
| urin/o | urine, urinary tract |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract. |
| vesic/o | bladder, sac |
| al | pertaining to |
| ary | pertaining to |
| cele | hernia; protusion |
| emia | in the blood |
| gram | recording radiographic image, record |
| graph | instrumnt used to record |
| praphy | process of recording; radiographic imaging |
| iasis | condition |
| esis | condition |
| itis | inflammation |
| lith | stone |
| lysis | loosening; dissolution, seperation |
| megaly | enlargment |
| oma | tumor; swelling |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| rrhaphy | suturing, repair |
| scope | instrument of visual examination |
| scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
| scopy | visual examination |
| stomy | creation of an artificial opening |
| tomy | incision, cut into |
| tripsy | surgical crushing |
| uria | urine, urination |