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Medical Terminology
Urinary System - Chapter 9
| Word Part | Meaning |
|---|---|
| -al | pertaining to |
| albumin/o | albumin |
| -ation | process |
| -cele | hernia |
| de- | down/ from/ reversing |
| dia- | through |
| -esis | action/ process/ result of |
| extra- | outside |
| glycos/o | sugar |
| hemat/o | blood |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| hem/o | blood |
| -emia | blood |
| later/o | side |
| lith/o | stone |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| olig/o | few |
| periton/o | peritoneum |
| ploy- | many |
| prote/o | protein |
| protein/o | protein |
| proxim/o | near |
| py/o | pus |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| scop/o | to view |
| spin/o | spine |
| son/o | sound |
| -stomy | formation of an opening |
| ur/o | urine/ urinary tract |
| urin/o | urine |
| -uria | urine/ urination |
| cyst/o | bladder (cyst/ sac) |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus (filtering agent of kidney) |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| ren/o | kidney |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis (reservoir kidney collects urine) |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |