Module 11 Flashcards
ureter-
ureter; tube carrying urine from kidney to bladder
irregular [not starting with ‘a’]
poikil-
oil [in body; words that typically mean ‘fat’]
adip-, lip-, steat-
eti-
cause
sicc-
dry
tox-
poison [Greek, from toxon = “(poison-dipped) arrow”]
tachy-
rapid
presence of (a substance) in the urine
-uria
onc-
tumour; a swelling; abnormal mass
distinct
idi-
-phyma
a swelling
scirrh-
hard [adj]; hard, cancerous tumour [noun]
pale-
old; ancient
micr-
small
urination [Root]
ur-, urin-
scanty
olig-
pyel-
renal pelvis; urine reservoir in kidney [passes urine to ureter]
[Greek]
somn-
sleep
oxy- [adj]
acute [short-lived OR rapid onset & severe]; swift; sharp [literal OR figurative]; sour
-toxin
substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue); poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)
lymph node
aden-
seizure
-lepsy
tonsill-
tonsil
earliest
prot-
vomit
eme-
poikil-
mottled; varied; irregular
laterally curved
scoli-
-emesis
vomiting (of a substance)
helc-
ulceration
schiz-
split
tube carrying urine from bladder to outside the body
urethr-
fatty [or oily] secretion [of the sebaceous gland]
seb-
atret-
without an opening (to an organ/structure)
agent used to suppress the flow (of a substance, or from a tissue or organ)
anti-X-agogue
-uria
urination; presence of (a substance) in the urine; (abnormal) condition of the urine
adip-
fat [or oil, depending on context]
unknown
idi-
secretion
crin-, -crine
agent used to oppose the poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)
anti-X-toxin
ulceration
helc- [root]
-elcosis (ulceration of an organ or structure) [termination]
ren-
kidney
slow
brady- [no conn. vowel]
-agogue
agent used to induce (an action); agent used to induce the flow (of a substance, or from a tissue or organ); agent used to induce the expulsion (of a foreign body)
carcin-
cancer; cancerous [adj]
drom-
a running; flow
pore [Root]
por-
xen-
strange; foreign [adj]
foreigner [noun]
[from Greek xenos = stranger, guest, host b/c equal risk to guest & host if both unknown]
-auxe
enlargement
pus
py-
is-
equal
artificial
prosth-
movement
kinemat-, kinesi-, kinema-
-kinesis, -kinesia
absence of (a substance) in the urine
a-X-uria
hidr-
sweat
alternating
all-
cyst
cyst-, vesic-
abnormal mass
-oma, -omata [plural ONLY], onc-, -oncus
[from Latin tumor = “a swelling”]
venom-
poison
lymph
lymph-
hard
scirrh-
kinema-
movement
ureter
ureter-
antr-
antrum; cavity
passage [root]
por-
rapid
tach-, tachy- [no conn. vowel after]
venen-
poison
urinary tract
ur-, urin-
dry
xer-, sicc-
cause
aeti-, eti-
straight
orth-
thick
pachy- [no conn. vowel after]
acute
oxy- [no conn. vowel after]
uric-
uric acid
moisture
hygr-
vomiting (of a substance)
-emesis
renal pelvis
pyel- [Greek]
middle
mes-
sept- [anatomical context]
septum [a wall that divides two cavities; esp. nasal sinus, sometimes the one in heart between atria]
lien-
spleen [Latin]
tonsil
tonsill-
amygdal- [Greek; amygdalos = “almond” b/c tonsils have same texture as almond shell]
time
chron-
macr-
large; long
fermentation
zym- [Greek, from zymē = “yeast”]
agent used to induce the flow (of a substance, or from a tissue or organ)
-agogue
pressure
bar-, bary-
toxic-
poison [Greek, from toxon = “(poison-dipped) arrow”]
adrenal gland
adren-
split
schist-, schiz-
crin-
secretion
first
arche-, archae-, arch-
prim- [conn. vowel ‘i’]
prot-
short
brachy- [no conn. vowel]
strange
xen-
hard, cancerous tumour
scirrh-
lymphatic duct
lymphatic-
incomplete
atel-
few
olig-
crooked [not ankyl-]
scoli-
pore [termination]
-pore
gland
aden-
ancient [not arch-, arche-, archae-]
pale-
orth-
straight; normal; correct