Word List 8

Question 1

cyst/o

Answer 1

bladder

Question 2

glomerul/o

Answer 2

glomerulus

Question 3

meat/o

Answer 3

opening, meatus

Question 4

nephr/o

Answer 4

kidney

Question 5

pyel/o

Answer 5

renal pelvis

Question 6

ren/o

Answer 6

kidney

Question 7

ur/o

Answer 7

urine, urinary tract

Question 8

ureter/o

Answer 8

ureter

Question 9

urethr/o

Answer 9

urethra

Question 10

urin/o

Answer 10

urine, urinary tract

Question 11

vesic/o

Answer 11

bladder

Question 12

-ptosis

Answer 12

prolapse, downward displacement

Question 13

-uria

Answer 13

urine

Question 14

poly-

Answer 14

many, much

Question 15

supra-

Answer 15

above, excessive, superior

Question 16

anuria

Answer 16

without urine (an-yer-ee-a)

Question 17

Cystoscopy

Answer 17

visual examination of the bladder

Question 18

cystourethrography

Answer 18

the process of recording the urethra and bladder ( systo-uree-thraw-graphy)

Question 19

diuresis

Answer 19

condition of double urine (increased production of urine) (di-yer-ee-sys)

Question 20

Glomerulopathy

Answer 20

disease of the glomerulus
(glaw-mer-you-law-pathy)

Question 21

hematuria

Answer 21

urine with blood (hee-muh-tur-ee-a)

Question 22

lithiasis

Answer 22

abnormal condition of a stone

Question 23

lithotripsy

Answer 23

the crushing of a kidney stone

Question 24

nephrolithiasis

Answer 24

abnormal condition of a kidney stone

Question 25

nephrolithotomy

Answer 25

incision of a kidney stone

Question 26

oliguria

Answer 26

small amount (scanty) of urine

Question 27

polyuria

Answer 27

large amount of urine

Question 28

pyelography

Answer 28

process of recording the renal pelvis

Question 29

pyelonephritis

Answer 29

inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidney (Pye-eh-low-nef-rite-is)

Question 30

renal

Answer 30

pertaining to the kidney

Question 31

suprarenal

Answer 31

pertaining to above/superior to the kidney

Question 32

ureterolithiasis

Answer 32

abnormal condition of a ureter stone (yur-reet-ur-row-lih-thye-us-sis)

Question 33

ureterostenosis

Answer 33

narrowing of the bladder (yur-reet-ur-row-sten-oh-sis)

Question 34

vesicocele

Answer 34

hernia/swelling of the bladder (ve-SIK-oh-seel)