Module 5: The Urinary System and Reproductive System Terminology

Word Parts pertaining to Chapter 10 and 11 in Medical Terminology. Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms.

erythr/o

red

-poietin

substance that causes production

ur/o

urine or urinary tract

-logy

science of

albumin/o

albumin

-ation

process

-esis

action, process, or result of

glycos/o

sugar

olig/o

few, scanty

urin/o

urine

-uria

urine or urination

-ary

pertaining to

cyst/o

bladder (sometimes cyst or sac)

glomerul/o

glomerulus (filtering structure of the kidney)

nephr/o, ren/o

kidney

pyel/o

renal pelvis (reservoir in the kidney that collects the urine)

ureter/o

ureter

urethr/o

urethra

fibr/o

fiber

-ous

characterized by, pertaining to

proxim/o

near

dist/o

far

inter-

between

peri-

around

hemat/o

blood

py/o

pus

arteri/o

artery

tom/o

to cut

-gram

a record

-graphy

process of recording

poly-

many

-scope

instrument for viewing

dia-

through

-lysis

freeing or destroying

periton/o

peritoneum

-eal

pertaining to

per-

through

cutane/o

skin

-stomy

artificial opening

trans-

through or across

gon/o

genital or reproduction

gynec/o

female

cervic/o

cervix

colp/o, vagin/o

vagina

hyster/o, uter/o

uterus

metro (occasionally metr/i)

uterine tissue

oophor/o, ovar/o

ovary

salping/o

uterine tube (fallopian tube)

vulv/o

vulva (external genitalia)

-cidal

killing

genit/o

genitals

gonad/o

genitals or reproduction

men/o

month

-plasia

development or formation

rect/o

rectum

mamm/o

breast

my/o

muscle

-ium

membrane

metr/o

measurement or uterine tissue (latter usage here)

end/o

inside

-scopy

visual examination

lapar/o

abdominal wall

-rrhagia

hemorrhage

-rrhea

discharge

metr/i

uterine tissue

pelv/i

pelvis

vesic/o

bladder