Lesson 5 – The Urinary System Flashcards
1
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Cyst /o; vesic /o
A
Bladder
2
Q
Glomerul /o
A
Glomerulus
3
Q
Nephr /o
A
Kidney
4
Q
Pyel /o
A
Renal pelvism
5
Q
Ureter /o
A
Ureter
6
Q
Urethr /o
A
Urethra
7
Q
Ur /o; urin /o
A
Urine
8
Q
Ren/o
A
kidney
9
Q
Carcin /o
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Cancer
10
Q
Hemat/o
A
blood
11
Q
Lith /o
A
Stone; calculus
12
Q
Noct/o
A
night
13
Q
Olig/o
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Scanty; very small amount
14
Q
-ectomy
A
Removal
15
Q
-pexy
A
Fixation (of an organ)
16
Q
-rrhaphy
A
Suture
17
Q
-ostomy
A
Forming an opening
18
Q
-tripsy
A
crushing
19
Q
-cele
A
Abnormal pocket; hernia
20
Q
algia; -dynia
A
Pain
21
Q
-ectasis
A
Dilation, swelling
22
Q
-edema
A
Swelling
23
Q
-emia
A
Blood condition
24
Q
-grade
A
Move; step
25
-iasis
Abnl condition
26
-lysis
Separate/destruction
27
-lith
Stone, calculi
28
-oma
tumor
29
-megaly
enlargement
30
-oma
tumor
31
-osis
Abnormal condition, increased
32
-pathy
disease
33
-ptosis
Prolapsed, downward placement
34
-rrhea
Discharge, flow
35
-stenosis
narrowing
36
-uria
urine
37
an-
Without
38
dys-
Painful, difficult, bad
39
Hemat-
blood
40
Hydro-
water
41
in-
In, not
42
intra-
Within, inside
43
Noct-
night
44
Oligo-
Scant; little
45
poly-
Many, much
46
Retro-
Back; backwards
47
supra-
Above; excessive; superior
48
Trans-
across
