chapter 11: urinary system - prefix, word roots, suffix Flashcards
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albumin/o
A
albumin (a protein made by liver)
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blast/o
A
germ, bud, developing cell
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glomerul/o
A
little ball, glomerulus
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gluc/o
A
sweet, sugar
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glycol/o, glycos/o
A
sweet, sugar
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meat/o
A
opening, passage
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nephr/o
A
kidney
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pyel/o
A
renal pelvis
9
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ren/o
A
kidney
10
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ureter/o
A
ureter
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urethr/o
A
urethra
12
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ur/o, urin/o
A
urine
13
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an-
A
without, absence of
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dia-
A
through
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dys-
A
bad, abnormal, painful, difficult
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poly-
A
excessive, over, many
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azot/o
A
urea, nitrogen
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bacteri/o
A
bacteria
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hem/o, hemat/o
A
blood
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ket/o, keton/o
A
ketone
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noct/o
A
night
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olig/o
A
few in number
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protein/o
A
protein
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py/o
A
pus
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-emia
condition of blood
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-uresis
urination
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-uria
pertaining to urine, urination
28
en-
within, upon, on, over
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epi-
upon, over, above, on top
30
hypo-
deficient, abnormally low, below
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blast/o
germ, bud, developing cell
32
cyst/o
bladder, sac
33
hydr/o
water
34
lith/o
stone
35
spadias/o
rip, tear
36
sten/o
narrow
37
-al
pertaining to
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-cele
hernia, swelling, protrusion
39
-iasis
condition of
40
-itis
inflammation
41
-megally
abnormally large
42
-oma
tumor
43
-osis
condition of
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-pathy
disease
45
-ptosis
drooping
46
-sis
state of
47
-uresis
urination
48
-uria
pertaining to urine, urination
49
peritone/o
to stretch over, peritoneum
50
son/o
sound
51
tom/o
to cut
52
vesic/o
bladder
53
-lysis
loosen, dissolve
54
-gram
record or image
55
-graphy
recording process
56
AKI
acute kidney injury
57
BUN
blood urea nitrogen
58
cath
catheter, catheterization
59
ESKD
end-stage kidney disease
60
ESWL
extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
61
HD
hemodialysis
62
IVP
intravenous pyelogram
63
RP retrograde pyelogram
SG specific gravity
64
UA
urinalysis
65
UTI
urinary tract infection
66
VCUG
voiding cystourethrogram
