Medical Terminology: Urinary, Reproductive, and Obstetric Systems

Comprehensive vocabulary list of medical roots, prefixes, and suffixes related to the urinary, male and female reproductive systems, and pregnancy.

a-

absence of, without

an-

absence of, without

albumin/o

albumin

azot/o

urea, nitrogen

blast/o

developing cell, germ cell

cyst/o

bladder, sac

glomerul/o

glomerulus

glyc/o

sugar

glycos/o

sugar

hydr/o

water

lith/o

stone, calculus

meat/o

meatus

nephr/o

kidney

noct/i

night

olig/o

few, scanty, or many, much

pyel/o

renal pelvis

py/o

pus

ren/o

kidney

ureter/o

ureter

urethr/o

urethra

urin/o

urine, urinary tract

ur/o

urine, urinary tract

vesic/o

bladder, sac

-al

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-atic

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-ile

pertaining to

-cele

hernia, protrusion

-emia

in the blood

-gram

the recorded radiographic image or record

-graph

instrument used to record

-graphy

process of recording, radiographic imaging

-iasis

condition

-esis

condition

-sis

condition

-osis

abnormal condition

-ia

diseased state, abnormal state, condition of, condition

-ism

state of, condition

-itis

inflammation

-lith

stone

-lysis

loosening, dissolution, separating

-megaly

enlarged, enlargement

-oma

tumour, swelling, mass

-pexy

surgical fixation, suspension

-ptosis

drooping, sagging, prolapse

-rrhaphy

suturing, repairing

-scope

instrument used for visual examination

-scopic

pertaining to visual examination

-scopy

visual examination or visually examining

-stomy

creation of an artificial opening or process of new opening

-tomy

cut into, incision

-tripsy

surgical crushing

-uria

urine, urination

crypt-

hidden

en-

in

epi-

above

hyper-

above, excessive

hypo-

below

par-

near

trans-

through, across, beyond

andr/o

male

balan/o

glans penis

epididym/o

epididymis

gonad/o

gonad

orch/o

testis, testicle

orchi/o

testis, testicle

orchid/o

testis, testicle

test/o

testis, testicle

testicular/o

testis, testicle

pen/o

penis

pen/i

penis

phall/o

penis

preputi/o

prepuce, foreskin

posth/o

prepuce, foreskin

prostat/o

prostate gland

scrot/o

scrotum

semin/i

semen

sperm/o

sperm, spermatozoon

spermat/o

sperm, spermatozoon

vas/o

vas deferens, vessel, duct

vesicul/o

seminal vesicle

-algia

pain

-cision

processing of cutting

-ectomy

excision or surgical removal

-ferous

pertaining to

-genesis

beginning, development, or production

-logy

study of

-ous

pertaining to

-pathy

disease

-plasia

development, growth

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-tion

process of

endo-

within

peri-

surrounding

arche/o

first, beginning

cervic/o

cervix

trachel/o

cervix