Chapter 7 - Urinary System Flashcards
1
Q
cyst/o, vesic/o
A
bladder
2
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glomerul/o
A
glomerulus
3
Q
nephr/o, ren/o
A
kidney
4
Q
Pyle/o
A
Renal pelvis
5
Q
ureter/o
A
ureter
6
Q
urethr/o
A
urethra
7
Q
Aden/o
A
Gland
8
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
9
Q
enter/o
A
intestine (usually small intestine)
10
Q
erythr/o
A
Red
11
Q
gastr/o
A
Stomach
12
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
13
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
14
Q
lith/o
A
stone, calculus
15
Q
noct/o
A
Night
16
Q
olig/o
A
scanty
17
Q
py/o
A
pus
18
Q
rect/o
A
Rectum
19
Q
scler/o
A
hardening; sclera (white of the eye)
20
Q
ur/o, urin/o
A
urine
21
Q
ven/o
A
vein
22
Q
-ectomy
A
excision, removal
23
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-pexy
A
fixation of an organ
24
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-plasty
A
Surgical repair
25
-rrhaphy
suture
26
-stomy
forming an opening, mouth
27
-tome
instrument to cut
28
-tomy
Incision
29
-tripsy
Crushing
30
-algia, -dynia
pain
31
-cele
hernia, swelling
32
-cyte
cell
33
-logy
Study of
34
-megaly
Enlargement
35
-oma
tumor
36
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
37
-edema
Swelling
38
-emesis
vomiting
39
-grade
to go
40
-gram
record, writing
41
-graphy
process of recording
42
-iasis
abnormal condition (produced by something specified)
43
-itis
inflammation
44
-lith
stone, calculus
45
-logist
specialist in the study of
46
-osis
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
47
-pathy
disease
48
-pepsia
Digestion
49
-phagia
swallowing, eating
50
-phobia
fear
51
-ptosis
prolapse; downward displacement
52
-rrhea
discharge, flow
53
-scope
instrument for examining
54
-scopy
visual examination
55
-uria
urine
56
-al, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
57
a-, an-
without, not
58
dys-
bad; painful; difficult
59
In-
In, not
60
Intra-
in, within
61
poly-
many, much
62
retro-
backward, behind
63
Supra-
above; excessive; superior
