1
Q
a-
A
absence of, without
2
Q
an-
A
absence of, without
3
Q
dia-
A
through, complete
4
Q
dys-
A
painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
5
Q
poly-
A
many, much
6
Q
albumin/o
A
albumin
7
Q
azot/o
A
urea, nitrogen
8
Q
blast/o
A
developing cell, germ cell
9
Q
cyst/o
A
bladder, sac
10
Q
glomerul/o
A
glomerulus
11
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar
12
Q
hydr/o
A
water
13
Q
glycos/o
A
sugar
14
Q
lith/o
A
stone, calculus
15
Q
meat/o
A
meatus
16
Q
nephr/o
A
kidneys
17
Q
noct/i
A
night
18
Q
olig/o
A
few, scanty
19
Q
pyel/o
A
renal pelvis
20
Q
ren/o
A
kidney
21
Q
ureter/o
A
ureter
22
Q
urethr/o
A
urethra
23
Q
urin/o
A
urine, urinary tract
24
Q
ur/o
A
urinary tract
25
vesic/o
bladder, sac
26
-al
pertaining to
27
-ary
pertaining to
28
-cele
hernia, protrusion
29
-emia
in the blood
30
-gram
the record, radiograph image
31
-graph
instrument used to record
32
-graphy
process of recording, radiographic image
33
-iasis
condition
34
-esis
condition
35
-itis
inflammation
36
-lith
stone
37
-lysis
loosening, dissolution, separating
38
-megaly
enlarged, enlargement
39
-oma
tumor
40
-osis
abnormal condition
41
-ptosis
drooping, sagging, prolapse
42
-rrhaphy
suturing, repairing
43
-scope
instrument used for visual examination
44
-scopic
pertaining to visual examination
45
-scopy
visual examination
46
-stomy
creation of an artificial opening
47
-tomy
cut into, incision
48
-tripsy
surgical crushing
49
-uria
urine, urination
50
cyt/o/scope
thin, tube-like instrument used to look inside the bladder and urethra
51
noct/uria
frequent urination at night that interrupts sleep
52
home/o/stasis
the state of steady internal conditions maintained by living things
53
cyst/o/cele
condition in which weakened pelvic muscles cause the bladder to drop from its normal position
54
glycos/uria
presence of glucose in the urine
55
di/ur/esis
excess production of urine
56
hydr/o/nephr/osis
abnormal enlargement of a kidney, which may be caused by blockage of the ureter (e.g. kidney stone) or chronic kidney disease that prevents urine from draining into the bladder
57
nephr/o/lith/o/tomy
incision into the kidney to remove stone(s)
58
cyst/o/graphy
radiographic imaging of the bladder
59
pyel/itis
inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidney calices
60
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