mess tern

• Renal artery – ren/o

• Renal vein – ren/o

• Renal pelvis – pyel/o

• Renal medulla – medull/o

• Ureter – ureter/o

  
  

Root Words and Meanings

• vesic/o – Bladder

  • Example: vesic/o/cele – Bladder hernia

  • Suffix -cele: Hernia, swelling

• glomerul/o – Glomerulus

  • Example: glomerul/o/pathy – Disease of the glomerulus

  • Suffix -pathy: Disease

• meat/o – Opening, meatus

  • Example: meat/us – Structure of an opening

  • Suffix -us: Condition, structure

• nephr/o – Kidney

  • Example: hydr/o/nephr/osis – Abnormal condition of water in the kidney

  • Prefix hydr/o: Water

  • Suffix -osis: Abnormal condition

• pyel/o – Renal pelvis

  • Example: pyel/o/plasty – Surgical repair of the renal pelvis

  • Suffix -plasty: Surgical repair

• urin/o – Urine, urinary

  • Example: urin/ary – Pertaining to urine

  • Suffix -ary: Pertaining to

• ureter/o – Ureter

  • Example: ureter/o/stenosis – Narrowing of the ureter

  • Suffix -stenosis: Narrowing, stricture

• urethr/o – Urethra

  • Example: urethr/o/cele – Urethral hernia

  • Suffix -cele: Hernia, swelling

Additional Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words

• -emia – Blood condition

  • Example: azot/emia – Nitrogenous compounds in the blood

  • Prefix azot: Nitrogenous compounds

• -iasis – Abnormal condition

  • Example: lith/iasis – Stone formation

  • Root lith: Stone, calculus

• -lysis – Separation, destruction, loosening

  • Example: dia/lysis – Process of removing waste from the blood

  • Prefix dia-: Through, across

• -pexy – Fixation (of an organ)

  • Example: nephr/o/pexy – Surgical fixation of a kidney

  • Root nephr/o: Kidney

• -tripsy – Crushing

  • Example: lith/o/tripsy – Crushing of a stone

  • Root lith/o: Stone, calculus

• -uria – Urine

  • Examples:

    • olig/uria – Scanty urine

    • poly/uria – Excessive urination

    • an/uria – Absence of urine

  • Prefixes: olig – Scanty, poly – Many, much, an- – Without, not

• supra- – Above, excessive

  • Example: supra/ren/al – Above the kidney

  • Root ren: Kidney

  • Suffix -al: Pertaining to

Terms and Examples to Build Words

1. Stone or calculus in the kidney: nephr/o/lith

2. Disease of the kidney: nephr/o/pathy

3. Abnormal condition of water in the kidney: hydr/o/nephr/osis

4. Dilation of the renal pelvis: pyel/o/ectasis

5. Disease of the renal pelvis: pyel/o/pathy

6. Hernia or swelling of the ureter: ureter/o/cele

7. Surgical repair of the ureter: ureter/o/plasty

8. Inflammation of the bladder: cyst/itis

9. Instrument to view the bladder: cyst/o/scope

10. Nitrogenous compounds in urine: azot/uria

11. Nitrogenous compounds in blood: azot/emia

12. Narrowing or stricture of the urethra: urethr/o/stenosis

13. Instrument used to incise the urethra: urethr/o/tome

14. Radiography of the urinary tract: ur/o/graphy

15. Disease of the urinary tract: ur/o/pathy

Medical Terminology Glossary

• anuria – Absence of urine

• edema – Swelling caused by excess fluid

• intravenous – Within or administered into a vein

• nephromegaly – Enlargement of the kidney

• pyuria – Presence of pus in the urine

• continence – Ability to control urination

• hematuria – Presence of blood in urine

• lithotomy – Surgical removal of a stone

• pus – Thick fluid produced in infected tissue

• urinary – Pertaining to urine

• diuretic – Agent increasing urine production

• hernia – Protrusion of an organ

• nephrologist – Kidney specialist

• pyelopathy – Disease of the renal pelvis

• urologist – Specialist in urinary tract