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Medical Terminology
Combining form for peritoneum:
Combining forms for kidney:
pyel/o = renal pelvis
glomerul/o = glomerulus
nephr/o (kidney) -lith (stone, calculus)
a kidney stone
nephr/o (kidney) -pexy (surgical fixation)
surgical fixation of a floating kidney
nephr/o (kidney) -ptosis (drooping, prolapse, downward placement)
abnormal mobility of the kidney : floating kidney
ren/o (kidney) -al (pertaining to)
relating to, involving, affecting, or located in the region of the kidneys
pyel/o (renal pelvis) -plasty (surgical repair)
plastic surgery of the renal pelvis of a kidney
Combining form for ureter:
ureter/o (ureter) -ectasis (dilation or expansion)
dilation of a ureter
ureter/o (ureter) -lithiasis (condition of stones)
stone in the ureter
Combining form for bladder:
cyst/o (bladder, cyst, sac of fluid) -scope (instrument for viewing)
a rigid endoscope for inspecting and passing instruments into the urethra and bladder
vesic/o (bladder) -cele (hernia, protrusion, swelling)
herniation of the urinary bladder
Combining forms:
urethr/o (urethra) -stenosis (narrowing, stricture)
the stricture of the urethra leading to difficulty of urine passing
meat/o (opening, meatus) -tomy (incision)
incision of the urethral meatus especially to enlarge it
Combining forms:
ur/o (urine, urinary tract) -pathy (disease)
a disease of the urinary or urogenital organs
urin/o (urine) -ary (pertaining to)
1: relating to, occurring in, or constituting the organs concerned with the formation and discharge of urine 2: of, relating to, or for urine 3: excreted as or in urine
Combining forms:
azot/o (nitrogenous compounds -emia (blood condition)
an excess of urea and other nitrogenous wastes in the blood as a result of kidney insufficiency
olig/o (scanty, few) -uria (urine)
reduced excretion of urine
hypo- (below, under, deficient, decreased) kal/i (potassium (an electrolyte)) -emia (blood condition)
a deficiency of potassium in the blood
noct/o (night) -uria (urine)
urination at night especially when excessive—called also nycturia
lith/o (stone, calculus) -genesis (forming, producing, origin)
of, promoting, or undergoing the formation of calculi
lith/o (stone, calculus) -tripsy (surgical crushing)
the breaking of a calculus (as by shock waves or crushing with a surgical instrument) in the urinary system into pieces small enough to be voided or washed out
Combining forms:
protein/o (protein) -uria (urine)
the presence of excess protein in the urine
albumin/o (albumin (protein)) -uria (urine)
the presence of albumin in the urine that is usually a symptom of disease of the kidneys but sometimes a response to other diseases or physiological disturbances of benign nature
glycos/o (sugar, sweetness, glucose) -uria (urine)
the presence in the urine of abnormal amounts of sugar—called also glucosuria
keton/o (ketone bodies (acids and acetones)) -uria (urine)
the presence of excess ketone bodies in the urine in conditions (as diabetes mellitus and starvation acidosis) involving reduced or disturbed carbohydrate metabolism
bacteri/o (bacteria (singular, bacterium)) -uria (urine)
the presence of bacteria in the urine
hemat/o (blood) -uria (urine)
the presence of blood or blood cells in the urine
py/o (pus) -rrhea (discharge, flow)
a discharge of pus
All definitions from http://c.merriam-webster.com/medlineplus/
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