Chapters 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 - Med Term

azot/o

nitrogenous waste

bacteri/o

bacteria

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer

corpor/o

body

cyst/o

bladder, sac

glomerul/o

glomerulus

glycos/o

sugar

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood 

hydr/o

water

iatr/o

medicine

idi/o

distinctive 

keton/o

ketones

lith/o

stone

meat/o

meatus

necr/o

death

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

noct/i

night

olig/o

scanty 

peritone/o

peritoneum

protein/o

protein

py/o

pus

pyel/o

renal pelvis 

ren/o

kidney

tox/o

poison

ur/o

urine 

ureter/o

ureter

urethr/o

urethra

urin/o

urine

ven/o

vein

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to 

-cele

protrusion

-eal

pertaining to

-ectasis

dilated 

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emia

blood condition

-genic

producing

-gram

record

-graphy

process of recording

-ic

pertaining to

-itis

inflammation

-lith

stone 

-lithiasis

condition of stones

-logy

study of

-lysis

to destroy (to break down)

-malacia 

abnormal softening 

-megaly

enlarged

-meter

instrument to measure

-oma

tumor

-ory

pertaining to

-osis

abnormal condition 

-ostomy

surgically create an opening

-otomy

cutting into

-ous

pertaining to

-pathy

disease 

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

surgical repair

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhagia 

abnormal flow condition 

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

instrument to visually examine

-scopy

process of visually examining

-stenosis 

narrowing 

-tic

pertaining to

-tripsy

surgical crushing

-uria

urine condition

an-

without

anti-

against

dys-

painful, difficult

extra-

outside of

intra-

within

poly-

many

retro-

backward

cystic

pertaining to urinary bladder

glomerular

pertaining to a glomerulus 

meatal

pertaining to meatus

pyelitic

pertaining to renal pelvis

renal

pertaining to kidney

ureteral 

pertaining to ureter 

urethral

pertaining to urethra

urinary

pertaining to urine

nephrology

branch of medicine involved in diagnosis and treatment of disease disorders of the kidney; nephrologist 

urology

branch of medicine involved in diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the urinary system (and male reproductive system); urologist

anuria

condition of kidneys no urine

azotemia 

nitrogenous waste in bloodstream

bacteriuria

presence of bacteria in the urine

calculus

stone formed within an organ from mineral salts

cystalgia

urinary bladder pain

cystorrhagia 

abnormal bleeding (flow) from the urinary bladder 

diuresis

increased formation and excretion of urine

dysuria

condition of difficult or painful urination

enuresis

involuntary discharge of urine; also called bed-wetting at night

frequency 

greater-than-normal occurrence in urge to urinate, without increase in total daily volume of urine 

glycosuria

condition of sugar present in the urine

hematuria

condition of blood present in the urine