Urinary system: Word roots, suffixes, and prefixes Flashcards
(37 cards)
1
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protein
albumin
A
albumin/o
2
Q
nitrogenous compounds
A
azot/o
3
Q
bacteria (singular, bacterium)
A
bacteri/o
4
Q
bladder
A
vesic/o
cyst/o
5
Q
glomerulus
A
glomerul/o
6
Q
potassium (an electrolyte)
A
kal/i
7
Q
ketone bodies (acids and acetones)
A
keton/o
8
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stone, calculus
A
lith/o
9
Q
opening, meatus
A
meat/o
10
Q
kidney
A
ren/o
nephr/o
11
Q
night
A
noct/o
12
Q
scanty
A
olig/o
13
Q
pus
A
py/o
14
Q
renal pelvis
A
pyel/o
15
Q
urine, urinary tract
A
ur/o
16
Q
ureter
A
ureter/o
17
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urethra
A
urethr/o
18
Q
forming; producing; origin
A
-genesis
19
Q
abnormal condition (produced by something specified)
A
-iasis
20
Q
urine
A
-uria
21
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through, across
A
dia-
22
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backward, behind
A
retro-
23
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water
A
hydr/o
24
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nerve
A
neur/o
25
-ic
pertaining to
26
-ary
pertaining to
27
-al
pertaining to
28
electricity
electr/o
29
muscle
my/o
30
visual examination
-scopy
31
pertaining to
-ous
32
forming an opening (mouth)
-stomy
33
separation; destruction; loosening
-lysis
34
blood
hem/o
35
instrument to view
-scope
36
blood
-emia
37
record
-gram
