WEEK 6 ALL

Vocabulary flashcards covering key combining forms, prefixes, suffixes, and abbreviations related to the urinary, renal, and endocrine systems.

angi/o

vessel

cali/o

calyx (renal cup-shaped structure)

calic/o

calyx (renal cup-shaped structure)

cyst/o

urinary bladder

glomerul/o

glomerulus; ball of capillaries

glycos/o

sugar

hydr/o

water

isch/o

to hold back

meat/o

meatus; opening

nephr/o

kidney

necr/o

death

ren/o

kidney

pyel/o

renal pelvis

trigon/o

trigone (bladder area)

ureter/o

ureter

urethr/o

urethra

vesic/o

urinary bladder

albumin/o

albumin; blood protein

azot/o

nitrogen

bacteri/o

bacteria

dips/o

thirst

kal/o

potassium

ket/o

ketone bodies

keton/o

ketone bodies

lith/o

stone

natr/o

sodium

noct/o

night

olig/o

scanty; few

py/o

pus

-tripsy

to crush

ur/o

urine; urea

urin/o

urine

-uria

urination; urine condition

-ectasis

dilation; widening; expansion

-ectomy

removal; excision

-emia

blood condition

-esis

condition

-gram

record

-lithiasis

condition of stones

-lithotomy

incision to remove a stone

-lysis

separation; destruction

-megaly

enlargement

-ole

small

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease condition

-plasty

surgical repair

-poietin

substance that forms

-ptosis

droop; sag; prolapse

-rrhea

discharge; flow

-sclerosis

hardening

-stenosis

narrowing

-stomy

opening to form a mouth

-tomy

incision

-pexy

surgical fixation; to put in place

dys-

bad; painful; difficult; abnormal

a-

no; not; without

an-

no; not; without

dia-

complete; through

peri-

surrounding

poly-

many; much

hypo-

deficient; below normal

hyper-

excessive; above normal

en-

in

BUN

blood urea nitrogen

CKD

chronic kidney disease

C&S

culture and sensitivity

UA

urinalysis

UTI

urinary tract infection

acr/o

extremities; top

aden/o

gland

adren/o

adrenal gland

adrenal/o

adrenal gland

andr/o

male

estr/o

female

calc/o

calcium

calci/o

calcium

cortic/o

cortex; outer region

crin/o

to secrete

-crine

to secrete

-edema

swelling

gluc/o

sugar

glyc/o

sugar

gonad/o

sex glands

home/o

sameness; constancy

hormon/o

hormone

-one

hormone

insulin/o

insulin

kal/i

potassium

lact/o

milk

myx/o

mucus

ophthalm/o

eye

pancreat/o

pancreas

parathyroid/o

parathyroid gland

phys/o

to grow

-physis

to grow

pituitar/o

pituitary gland

somat/o

body

ster/o

solid body; steroid

thyr/o

thyroid gland

thyroid/o

thyroid gland