From Canvas (Medical Terminology) - Unit 12: The Urinary System

albumin/o

Albumin; protein

angio/o

Vessel

azot/o

Nitrogen

bacter/i, bacteri/o

Bacteria

cali/o, calic/o

Calyx; calyces

cyst/o

Bladder; sac; cyst

dips/o

Thirst

eryth

Red

glomurul/o

Cluster of capillaries; glomerulus

glyc/o

Sugar

hemat

Blood

homeo

Similar; like

ket/o, keton/o

Ketone bodies

lith

Stone

meat/o

Meatus; opening

nephr/o

Kidney

noct/i

Night

olig/o

Few; little; scanty

poiein

To make; create; form

py/o

Pus

pyel/o

Renal pelvis

ren/o

Kidney

ur

Urine; urinate

ur/o

Urine

ureter/o

Ureter

urethr/o

Urethra

urin/o

Urine

vesic/o

Urinary bladder

a-

Without; not; no

an-

Without; not; no

dys-

Bad; painful; difficult

en-

In; into; within; to cause

hydro-

Water

poly-

Many; much

-algia

Pain

-centesis

Surgical puncture

-ectomy

Surgical removal; excision

-en

To cause

-esis

Condition; state of; process

-gram

Record; picture

-graph

Record; graph

-graphy

Process of recording

-itis

Inflammation

-metry

Measuring

-osis

Condition; abnormal condition

-otomy

Surgical incision

-pathy

Disease; disorder

-poiesis

To make; create; form

-scopy

Process of viewing with a scope; view with a scope

-stasis

Stopping; controlling; standing still

-uria

Urine; urinary condition