Unit 4 - Urinary System words Flashcards
azot/o
nitrogen, urea
albumin/o
albumin
bacteri/o
bacteria
cali/o
calyx, cup
cyst/o
urinary bladder, sac, cyst
dips/o
thirst
glomerul/o
glomerulus
kal/i
potassium
ket/o, keton/o
ketone bodies
meat/o
meatus
nephr/o
kidney
noct/i
night
olig/o
scanty
py/o
pus
pyel/o
renal pelvis
ren/o
kidney
trigon/o
trigone (base of the bladder)
ur/o
urine, urinary tract, urea
ureter/o
ureter
urethr/o
urethra
urin/o
urine
vesic/o
urinary bladder, blister
poly-
many, much
supra-
above, excessive
-cele
protrusion, hernia
-clysis
irrigating, washing
-gram
record, writing
-lysis
separation, destruction, breakdown, dissolution
-poietin
substance that forms
-ptosis
downward displacement, prolapse
-scope
instrument to view
-scopy
process of viewing
-tripsy
to crush (surgical crushing)
-uresis
excrete to urine, urinate
-uria
urination, urine condition