Chapter 11: Urinary System Word Elements, Suffixes and Prefixes

albumin/o

word element meaning albumin, protein

azot/o

word element meaning nitrogenous compounds

bacteri/o

word element meaning bacteria (singular, bacterium)

cyst/o, vesic/o

two word elements meaning bladder

glomerul/o

word element meaning glomerulus

kal/i

word element meaning potassium (an electrolyte)

keton/o

word element meaning ketone bodies (acids and acetones)

lith/o

word element meaning stone, calculus

meat/o

word element meaning opening, meatus

nephr/o, ren/o

2 word elements meaning kidney

noct/o

word element meaning night

olig/o

word element meaning scanty

py/o

word element meaning pus

pyel/o

word element meaning renal pelvis

ur/o

word element meaning urine, urinary tract

ureter/o

word element meaning ureter

urethr/o

word element meaning urethra

-genesis

suffix that means forming, producing; origin

-iasis

suffix that means abnormal condition (produces by something specified)

-uria

suffix that means urine

dia-

prefix that means through, across

retro-

prefix that means backward, behind