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Medical Term Ch 9:Forms & Suff
Urinary System: Combination forms and suffixes and definitions for CH. 9 of the 3rd Edition
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Undergraduate 1
01/22/2007
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albumin/o
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albumin
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azot/o
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nitrogenous waste
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bacteri/o
 Definition
bacteria
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cyst/o
 Definition
bladder
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glomerul/o
 Definition
glomerulus
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glycos/o
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sugar, glucose
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keton/o
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ketones
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lith/o
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stone
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meat/o
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meatus
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nephr/o
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kidney
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noct/i
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night
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olig/o
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scanty
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py/o
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pus
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pyel/o
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renal pelvis
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ren/o
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kidney
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ur/o
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urine
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ureter/o
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ureter, urinary tube
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urethr/o
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urethra
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urin/o
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urine
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vesic/o
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bladder
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-ectasia
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dilation
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-lith
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stone
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-lithiasis
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condition of stones
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-ptosis
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drooping
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-tripsy
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surgical crushing
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-uria
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condition of urine
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Wilm's Tumore
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Childhood malignant kidney tumor
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Electrolytes
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sodium and potassium
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Nephrons
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functional unit of the kidney tubule
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Loop of Henle
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part of the renal tubule
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Calyx
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collects urine as it is produced
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Incontinence
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involuntary release of urine
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Hydronephrosis
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swelling of the kidney due to urine collecting in the renal pelvis
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Urgency
 Definition
feeling the need to urinate immediately
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Nephrolithiasis
 Definition
kidney stones
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Polycystic kidneys
 Definition
multiple cysts in the kidneys
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