Urinary system - suffixes& disease /disorder terms built from word parts

Question 1

-iasis, -esis

Answer 1

condition

Question 2

-lysis

Answer 2

loosening, dissolution, separating

Question 3

-ptosis

Answer 3

drooping, sagging, prolapse

Question 4

-rrhaphy

Answer 4

suturing, repairing

Question 5

-tripsy

Answer 5

surgical crushing

Question 6

-uria

Answer 6

urine, urination

Question 7

azotemia

Answer 7

urea in the blood (a toxic condition resulting from disease of the kidney in which waste products are in the blood that are normally excreted by the kidney). aka uremia`

Question 8

cystitis

Answer 8

inflammation of the bladder

Question 9

cystocele

Answer 9

protrusion of the bladder

Question 10

cystolith

Answer 10

stone(s) in the bladder

Question 11

glomerulanoephritis

Answer 11

inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney

Question 12

hydronephrosis

Answer 12

abnormal condition of water in the kidney (obstruction of urine drainage causes urine to collect in the renal pelvis and the pressure transmitted throughout the kidney, if not relieved, can result in kidney damage)

Question 13

nephritis

Answer 13

inflammation of the kidney

Question 14

nephroblastoma

Answer 14

kidney tumor containing developing (germ) cells (malignant tumor) aka Wilms tumor

Question 15

nephrolithiasis

Answer 15

condition of stone(s) in the kidney

Question 16

nephroma

Answer 16

tumor of the kidney

Question 17

nephromegaly

Answer 17

enlargement of a kidney

Question 18

nephroptosis

Answer 18

drooping kidney (aka floating kidney& occurs when the kidney is no longer held in place and drops out of its normal position. The kidney is normally held in position by connective and adipose tissue, so it is prone to injury, which may also cause the ureter to twist. Truck driver& horseback riders are prone to this condition)

Question 19

pyelitis

Answer 19

inflammation of the renal pelvis

Question 20

pyelonephritis

Answer 20

inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidney

Question 21

ureteritis

Answer 21

inflammation of the ureter

Question 22

ureterocele

Answer 22

protrusion of a ureter (distally into the bladder)

Question 23

ureterolithisis

Answer 23

condition of stone(s) in the ureter

Question 24

ureterostenosis

Answer 24

narrowing of the ureter

Question 25

urethrocystitis

Answer 25

inflammation of the urethra and bladder