Chapters 6-8 Flashcards
-ectasis
dilation; widening
-ectasia
dilation; widening
-emesis
vomiting
-pepsia
digestion
-phagia
eating; swallowing
-plasty
surgical repair
-ptysis
spitting
-rrhage
bursting forth (of blood)
-rrhagia
bursting forth (of blood)
-rrhaphy
suture
-rrhea
flow; discharge
-spasm
involuntary contraction of muscles
-stasis
stopping; controlling
-stenosis
narrowing; tightening
-tresia
opening
cali/o
calyx (calix); cup-shaped
calic/o
calyx (calix); cup-shaped
cyst/o
urinary bladder
glomerul/o
glomerulus
meat/o
meatus
nephr/o
kidney
pyel/o
renal pelvis
ren/o
kidney
trigon/o
trigone (region of the bladder)
ureter/o
ureter
urethr/o
urethra
vesic/o
urinary bladder
albumin/o
albumin (a protein in the blood)
azot/o
nitrogen
bacteri/o
bacteria
dips/o
thirst
kal/o
potassium
ket/o
ketone bodies (ketoacids and acetone)
lith/o
stone
natr/o
sodium