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Genitourinary System
Medical word elements and suffixes
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Biology
Graduate
06/11/2013
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Meat/o
 Definition
opening or "meatus"
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Pyel/o
 Definition
Renal pelvis
Term
Ur/o
 Definition
Urine or urinary tract
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Andr/o
 Definition
Male
Term
Balan/o
 Definition
glans penis
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Orch/o, Orchi/o, Orchid/o, Test/o
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Testis, testes
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Perine/o
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Perineum
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Varic/o
 Definition
dilated vein (like varicose veins)
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Azot/o (the "aztecs" had "rare" compounds)
 Definition
Nitrogenous compounds
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Crypt/o (think an ancient scroll)
 Definition
hidden
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Kal/i
 Definition
Potassium
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Noct/o
 Definition
Night
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Olgi/o
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Scanty
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Py/o
 Definition
pus
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-spadias
 Definition
slit or fissure
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-uria
 Definition
urine
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