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Suffixes prefixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cali/o | calyx (calix) cup shaped |
| calix/o | calyx (calix) cup-shaped |
| glomerul/o | glomerus |
| Glomerus is what? | Tiny ball of capillaries in the kidney |
| Calyx | cup like collecting region (central part of the kidney) |
| meat/o | meatus |
| Meatus | opening or canal |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| cyte/o | cell |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| Renal Pelvis | Central collecting chamber of the body |
| trigon/o | trigone (region of the bladder) |
| Trigone | Triangular area in the urinary bladder where the ureters enter and the urethra exits. |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| albumin/o | albumin (a protein in the blood) |
| azot/o | nitrogen |
| dips/o | thrist |
| dipl/o | |
| kal/i | potassium |
| ket/o | ketone bodies (ketoacids and acetone) |
| natr/o | sodium |
| olig/o | scanty |
| -poletin | substance that forms |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| ur/o | urine |
| urin/o | urine |
| -uria | urination; urine condition |
| cervi/o | cervix neck |
| chori/o | chorion |
| chorion/o | chorion |
| chorion | outermost membrane surrounding the fetus |
| colp/o | vagina |
| episi/o | culva |
| galact/o | milk |
| hyster/o | uterus womb |
| lact/o lacto | milk |
| men/o meno | mensus (menstration) |
| met/o meto | uterus |
| metr/o metro | uterus |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| myom/o myomo | muscle muscle tumor |
| nat/i | birth |
| or/o | egg |
| oophor/o oophoro | ovary |
| ov/o | egg |
| obstretr/o | pregnancy childbirth |
| ovul/o | egg |
| PERINE/O | perineum |
| perineum | area between the anus and vagina |
| my/o myo | muscle muscle tumor |
| ovul/o ovulo | egg |
| vulv/o vulvo | vulva |
| salping/o | fallopian tubes |
| uter/o | uterus |
| phor/o | to bear |
| ovar/i | ovary |
| phor/o | to bear |
| -arche | beginning |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -gravida | pregnant |
| -parous | to bear bring forth |
| -salpinx | fallopian (urerine) tube |
| -tocia | labor birth |
| -version | turning |
| endo- | within |
| nulli- | no none not one |
| primi- | first |
| andr/o | male |
| balan/o | glanspenis |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| epididym/o | epidymus |
| gon/o gono | seed |
| hydr/o | water fluid |
| orch/o | testis testicle |
| orchi/o | testicle testis |
| orchid/o | testis testicle |
| pen/o | penis |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| semin/i | semen seed |
| sperm/o soermat/o | spermatozoa semen |
| terat/o | monster |
| varic/o` | varicose veins |
| vas/o | vessel duct vas deferens |
| zo/o | animal life |
| -genesis | formattion |
| -one | hormone |
| -pexy | fixation put in |
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