med term - urinary system (chapter 12)

an-

Without

di/a-

Two, through, apart

dia-

Through, across

dys-

Painful

en-

Within

epi-

Above

extra-

Outside

hydro-

Water

hyper-

Excessive

in-

Not

intra-

Within

par-

Beside, near

per-

Through

peri-

Around

poly-

Excessive

re-

Back

retro-

Behind, backward

sub-

Under, below

supra-

Above

-al, -ar

Pertaining to

-algia

Pain

-ary

Pertaining to

-ation

Process of

-cele

Hernia

-cide

Killing

-dipsia

Thirst

-ectomy

Surgical excision

-emia

Blood condition

-esis

State of

-flux

Flow

-genesis

Forming, producing, origin

-gram

A record

-graphy

Process of recording

-ia

Pertaining to

-iasis

Condition, presence of

-ic

Pertaining to

-ion

Process of

-ism

Condition

-itis

Inflammation

-lith

Stone

-lysis

Loosening, separating

-meter

Instrument for measuring

-oma

Tumor

-osis

Condition

-ous

Pertaining to

-pathy

Disease

-pexy

Fixation

-plasty

Surgical repair

-ptosis

Drooping, prolapse

-rrhagia

Bursting forth

-scope

Instrument to view

-scopy

Process of viewing

-sepsis

Fissure, slit

-sis

Condition

-spadias

Fissure

-stomy

New opening

-theilum

Layer of specialized material

-tomy

Incision

-tripsy

Crushing

-ure

Process

-uria

Urine

-us

Condition, structure

acid

Acid

albumin/o

Protein

bacter/i

Bacteria

balan

Glans penis

calc/i

Calcium

carcin/o

Cancer

col/o

Colon

continence

To hold

corpor/e

Body

cutan/e

Skin

cyst/o

Bladder

excret/o

Shifted out

glomerul/o

Glomerulus, little ball

glycos/o

Glucose, sugar

hem/o; hemat/o

Blood

ket/o; keton/o

Ketone

lith/o

Stone, bean

meat/o

Opening

micturit/o

To urinate

muc/o

Mucus

nephr/o

Kidney

noct/o

Night

olig/o

Scanty

ozot/o

Nitrogen

perine/o

Peritoneum

phim

Muzzle

py/o

Pus

pyel/o

Renal pelvis

ren/o

Kidney

scler/o

Hardening

son/o

Sound

strict

Tightening, contracture

tens/o

Stretching

trans

Through, across

trigon/

Trigone

ur/o

Urine, urinate

ureter/o

Ureter

urethr/o

Urethra