Chapter 9 Urinary Prefixes & Suffixes Flashcards
(46 cards)
1
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-lith
A
stone
2
Q
-lysis
A
destruction (break down)
3
Q
-ptosis
A
drooping
4
Q
-uria
A
urine condition
5
Q
-al
A
pertaining to
6
Q
-algia
A
pain
7
Q
-ar
A
pertaining to
8
Q
-ary
A
pertaining to
9
Q
-cele
A
protrusion
10
Q
-eal
A
pertaining to
11
Q
-ectasis
A
dilation
12
Q
-ectomy
A
surgical removal
13
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
14
Q
-genic
A
producing
15
Q
-gram
A
record
16
Q
-graphy
A
process of recording
17
Q
-ic
A
pertaining to
18
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
19
Q
-lithiasis
A
condition of stones
20
Q
-logy
A
study of
21
Q
-malacia
A
abnormal softening
22
Q
-megaly
A
enlarged
23
Q
-meter
A
instrument to measure
24
Q
-oma
A
tumor
25
-ory
pertaining to
26
-osis
abnormal condition
27
-ostomy
surgically creating an opening
28
-otomy
cutting into
29
-ous
pertaining to
30
-pathy
disease
31
-pexy
surgical fixation
32
-plasty
surgical repair
33
-rrhagia
abnormal flow condition
34
-sclerosis
hardening
35
-scope
instrument to visually examine
36
-scopy
process of visually examining
37
-stenosis
narrowing
38
-tic
pertaining to
39
-tripsy
surgical crushing
40
an-
without
41
anti-
against
42
dys-
painful, difficult
43
extra-
outside of
44
intra-
within
45
poly-
many
46
retro-
backward
