Urinary system: Word roots, suffixes, and prefixes

Question 1

protein

albumin

Answer 1

albumin/o

Question 2

nitrogenous compounds

Answer 2

azot/o

Question 3

bacteria (singular, bacterium)

Answer 3

bacteri/o

Question 4

bladder

Answer 4

vesic/o
cyst/o

Question 5

glomerulus

Answer 5

glomerul/o

Question 6

potassium (an electrolyte)

Answer 6

kal/i

Question 7

ketone bodies (acids and acetones)

Answer 7

keton/o

Question 8

stone, calculus

Answer 8

lith/o

Question 9

opening, meatus

Answer 9

meat/o

Question 10

kidney

Answer 10

ren/o
nephr/o

Question 11

night

Answer 11

noct/o

Question 12

scanty

Answer 12

olig/o

Question 13

pus

Answer 13

py/o

Question 14

renal pelvis

Answer 14

pyel/o

Question 15

urine, urinary tract

Answer 15

ur/o

Question 16

ureter

Answer 16

ureter/o

Question 17

urethra

Answer 17

urethr/o

Question 18

forming; producing; origin

Answer 18

-genesis

Question 19

abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

Answer 19

-iasis

Question 20

urine

Answer 20

-uria

Question 21

through, across

Answer 21

dia-

Question 22

backward, behind

Answer 22

retro-

Question 23

water

Answer 23

hydr/o

Question 24

nerve

Answer 24

neur/o

Question 25

-ic

Answer 25

pertaining to

Question 26

-ary

Answer 26

pertaining to

Question 27

-al

Answer 27

pertaining to

Question 28

electricity

Answer 28

electr/o

Question 29

muscle

Answer 29

my/o

Question 30

visual examination

Answer 30

-scopy

Question 31

pertaining to

Answer 31

-ous

Question 32

forming an opening (mouth)

Answer 32

-stomy

Question 33

separation; destruction; loosening

Answer 33

-lysis

Question 34

blood

Answer 34

hem/o

Question 35

instrument to view

Answer 35

-scope

Question 36

blood

Answer 36

-emia

Question 37

record

Answer 37

-gram