Term | Definition |
cyst- ; vesic- | sac; cyst; bladder |
nephr- ; ren- | kidney |
pyel- | renal pelvis ; urine reservoir in kidney [which passes urine to ureter] |
ur- ; urin- | urine; urinary tract; urination |
ureter- | ureter; tube carrying urine from kidney to bladder |
urethr- | urethra; tube carrying urine from bladder to outside the body |
uric- | uric acid |
aden- | gland; lymph node |
adren- | adrenal gland |
hormon- | hormone |
amygdal- ; tonsill- | tonsil |
lymph- | lymph |
lymphatic- | lymphatic system; lymphatic duct |
por- | pore; passage |
splen- ; lien- | spleen |
adip- ; lip- ; steat- | fat |
seb- | sebum; fatty secretion [of a sebaceous gland] |
crin- | secretion |
eme- | vomit |
hidr- | sweat; sweat gland |
hist- | tissue [of an animal or plant] |
hygr- | moisture |
py- | pus |
tox- ; toxic- ; toxin- ; ven- ; venen- ; venom- | poison |
zym- | enzyme; fermentation |
aeti- ; eti- | cause |
antr- | antrum; cavity |
aux- | increase |
bar- ; bary- | weight; pressure |
carcin- | cancer [noun]; cancerous [adj] |
chron- | time |
drom- | a running; flow |
dynam- | power |
helc- | ulceration |
hypn- ; somn- | sleep |
icter- | jaundice |
sept- ; saept- | septum; a wall that divides two cavities |
all- | other; another; divergent; alternating |
anis- | unequal |
atel- | incomplete |
atret- | without an opening (to an organ/structure) |
brachy- | short [no CV follows] |
brady- | slow [no CV follows] |
idi- | individual; distinct; distinctive; unknown |
is- ; equ- | equal [equ- is followed by CV âiâ] |
lept- | thin |
macr- | large; long |
megal- | large |
mes- | middle |
micr- | small |
olig- | few; small; scanty |
orth- | straight; normal; correct |
oxy- | acute; swift; sharp; sour [no CV follows] |
pachy- | thick [no CV follows] |
pale- | old; ancient |
poikil- | mottled; varied; irregular |
prosth- ; prosthet- | artificial |
prot- | earliest; first |
pseud- | false; imaginary |
schist- ; schiz- | split |
scirrh- | hard [adj]; hard, cancerous tumour [noun] |
scoli- | crooked; laterally curved |
sten- | narrow; constricted |
tach- ; tachy- | rapid [no CV follows tachy-] |
xen- | strange; foreign [adj]; foreigner [noun] |
xer- ; sicc- | dry |
-agogue | agent used to induce (an action)
agent used to induce the flow (of a substance, or from an organ tissue)
agent used to induce the expulsion (of a foreign body) |
anti-...-agogue | agent used to suppress (an action)
agent used to suppress the flow (of a substance, or from an organ tissue)
agent used to suppress the expulsion (of a foreign body) |
-auxe; -auxis; -auxesis | enlargement |
-crine | secretion |
-elcosis | ulceration (of an organ/structure) |
-emesis | the vomiting (of a substance) |
-emetic | causing vomiting (of a substance) |
-emphraxis | obstruction; blockage |
-lepsy | seizure |
-phyma; -phymata [pl.] | a swelling |
-pore | pore; passage |
-toxin | substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue); poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form) |
anti-...-toxin | agent used to counteract a substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue); agent used to counteract a poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form) |
-uria | urination; presence of (a substance) in the urine; (abnormal) condition of the urine |
a-...-uria | absence of (a substance) in the urine |