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Chapter 6 Medical Terms
Urinary System
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05/06/2011

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cyst/o, vesic/o
combing form: cyst/itis
Definition
bladder, sac
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glomerul/o
combining form: glomerul/o/nephr/itis
Definition
glomerulus
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meat/o
combining form: meat/o/tomy
Definition
meatus (opening)
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nephr/o, ren/o
combining form: ren/o/gram
Definition
kidney
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pyel/o
combining form: pyel/o/plasty
Definition
renal pelvis
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ureter/o combining form: ureter/o/stomy
Definition
ureter
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urethr/o combining form: urethr/o/plasty
Definition
uretha
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albumin/o
comgining form: albumin/uria
Definition
albumin
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azot/o
combining form: azot/emia
Definition
urea, nitrogen
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blast/o combining form: nephr/o/blast/oma
Definition
developing cell, germ cell
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glyc/o, glycos/o
combining form: glycos/uria
Definition
sugar
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hydr/o
combining form: hydr/o/nephr/osis
Definition
water
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lith/o
combing form: lith/o/tripsy
Definition
stone, calculus
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noct/i
combining form: noct/uria
Definition
night
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olig/o
combining form: olig/uria
Definition
scanty, few
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son/o
nephr/o/son/o/graphy
Definition
sound
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tom/o
combining form: nephr/o/tom/o/gram
Definition
cut, section
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urin/o, ur/o
combining form: urin/ary
Definition
urine, urinary tract
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-gram
suffix: ren/o/gram
Definition
record, radiographic image
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-iasis, -esis
suffix; nephr/o/lith/iasis
Definition
condition
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-lysis
suffix: nephr/o/lysis
Definition
loosening, dissolution, separating
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-megaly
suffix: nephr/o/megaly
Definition
enlargement
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-ptosis
suffix: nephr/o/ptosis
Definition
drooping, sagging, prolapse
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-rrhaphy
suffix: cyst/o/rrhaphy
Definition
suturing, repairing
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-tripsy
suffix: Lith/o/tripsy
Definition
surgical crushing
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-trophy
suffic: nephr/o/hyper/trophy
Definition
nourishment, development
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-uria
suffix: py/uria
Definition
urine, urination
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