How the Unit 11 Word List Was Built
| Etymology | Prefix | "Pre-Root" | Root Root | "Post-Root" | Suffix1 Word End |
Suffix2 Word End |
Word |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| albumin | ur | ia | albuminuria | ||||
| anti | spasm | od | ic | antispasmodic | |||
| an | ur | ia | anuria | ||||
| azo/t | emia | azotemia | |||||
| azo/to | rrhea | azotorrhea | |||||
| azo/t | ur | ia | azoturia | ||||
| Greek kalyx, "seed pod, husk, outer covering" | calyx | calyx | |||||
| capsul[e] | ar | capsular | |||||
| French "a membranous sac" from Latin capsa, "box or chest" + –ula diminutive suffix | capsule | capsule | |||||
| Latin convolutus, "rolled together", made from com– + volvere, "to roll" | convolute | d | convoluted | ||||
| corpus | cle | corpuscle | |||||
| cortic[is] | al | cortical | |||||
| cyst | algia | cystalgia | |||||
| cyst | ectomy | cystectomy | |||||
| cyst | itis | cystitis | |||||
| cyst/o | cele | cystocele | |||||
| cyst/o | dynia | cystodynia | |||||
| cyst/o | gram | cystogram | |||||
| cyst/o | graphy | cystography | |||||
| cyst/o | lith | cystolith | |||||
| cyst/o | lith | ectomy | cystolithectomy | ||||
| cyst/o | oma | cystoma | |||||
| cyst/o | plegia | cystoplegia | |||||
| cyst/o | ptosis | cystoptosis | |||||
| cyst/o | rrhexis | cystorrhexis | |||||
| cyst/o | scopy | cystoscopy | |||||
| cyst/o | spasm | cystospasm | |||||
| cyst/o | stomy | cystostomy | |||||
| cyst/o | tomy | cystotomy | |||||
| cyst/o | ureter | itis | cystoureteritis | ||||
| cyst/o | urethr/o | cele | cystourethrocele | ||||
| cyst/o | urethr/o | gram | cystourethrogram | ||||
| Latin dētrūdō, "to drive, force, or thrust away" | detrusor | detrusor | |||||
| Greek dialysis, "dissolution, separation" | dialysis | dialysis | |||||
| dips/o | genic | dipsogenic | |||||
| di | ur | esis | diuresis | ||||
| di | ur | etic | diuretic | ||||
| dys | ur | ia | dysuria | ||||
| Greek enourein, "to urinate in" (en– + ourein); urinating in bed | en | ur | esis | enuresis | |||
| extra | corp[us]/r | eal | extracorporeal | ||||
| fascia | fascia | ||||||
| Latin fulgur, "lightning" | fulgur | ation | fulguration | ||||
| glomerul | ar | glomerular | |||||
| glomerul/o | nephr | itis | glomerulonephritis | ||||
| glomerul/o | pathy | glomerulopathy | |||||
| glomerul/o | scler | osis | glomerulosclerosis | ||||
| Latin glomer, "ball of thread" + –ul[e] diminutive suffix + –us anatomical structure word ending | glomer | ul[e] | us | glomerulus | |||
| glucos | ur | ia | glucosuria | ||||
| glycos | ur | ia | glycosuria | ||||
| hem/at | ur | ia | hematuria | ||||
| hemi | nephr | ectomy | heminephrectomy | ||||
| hemi | nephr/o | ureter | ectomy | heminephroureterectomy | |||
| hem/o | dia | lysis | hemodialysis | ||||
| hydr/o | nephr | osis | hydronephrosis | ||||
| hyper | nephr | oma | hypernephroma | ||||
| hypo | natr | emia | hyponatremia | ||||
| Greek hupospadíās (from Galen), hypo– + spadon, "fissure" | hypo | spad[on] | ias[is] | hypospadias | |||
| Latin contenere, "to hold back, check" | in | contin | ence | incontinence | |||
| intra | corp[us]/r | eal | intracorporeal | ||||
| juxta | medull[a] | ary | juxtamedullary | ||||
| keto | lysis | ketolysis | |||||
| keton | ur | ia | ketonuria | ||||
| lapar/o | nephr | ectomy | laparonephrectomy | ||||
| lith | ectomy | lithectomy | |||||
| lith | iasis | lithiasis | |||||
| lith/o | cyst/o | tomy | lithocystotomy | ||||
| lith/o | nephr | itis | lithonephritis | ||||
| lith/o | nephr/o | tomy | lithonephrotomy | ||||
| lith/o | tripsy | lithotripsy | |||||
| macula | densa | macula densa | |||||
| meat[us] | al | meatal | |||||
| meat/o | plasty | meatoplasty | |||||
| meat/o | rrhaphy | meatorrhaphy | |||||
| meat/o | scope | meatoscope | |||||
| meat/o | scopy | meatoscopy | |||||
| meat/o | tomy | meatotomy | |||||
| Latin micturitum, "desire to urinate". Original meaning was "strong urge to urinate", but medically, it's used just as a fancier way of saying "urination". | micturi | tion | micturition | ||||
| nephr | algia | nephralgia | |||||
| nephr | ectomy | nephrectomy | |||||
| nephr | itis | nephritis | |||||
| nephr/o | cele | nephrocele | |||||
| nephr/o | cyst | anastomosis | nephrocystanastomosis | ||||
| nephr/o | gram | nephrogram | |||||
| nephr/o | graphy | nephrography | |||||
| nephr/o | hyper | trophy | nephrohypertrophy | ||||
| nephr/o | lith | iasis | nephrolithiasis | ||||
| nephr/o | lith/o | tomy | nephrolithotomy | ||||
| nephr/o | logist | nephrologist | |||||
| nephr/o | logy | nephrology | |||||
| nephr | oma | nephroma | |||||
| nephr/o | malacia | nephromalacia | |||||
| nephr/o | megaly | nephromegaly | |||||
| nephr | on | nephron | |||||
| nephr/o | pathy | nephropathy | |||||
| nephr/o | pexy | nephropexy | |||||
| nephr/o | ptosis | nephroptosis | |||||
| nephr/o | rrhaphy | nephrorrhaphy | |||||
| nephr/o | scler | osis | nephrosclerosis | ||||
| nephr/o | scopy | nephroscopy | |||||
| nephr | osis | nephrosis | |||||
| nephr/o | sono | gram | nephrosonography | ||||
| nephr/o | stomy | nephrostomy | |||||
| nephr/o | tomy | nephrotomy | |||||
| nephr/o | toxin | nephrotoxin | |||||
| nephr/o | ureter | ectomy | nephroureterectomy | ||||
| noct | ur | ia | nocturia | ||||
| olig[o] | ur | ia | oliguria | ||||
| pedi | cels | pedicels | |||||
| peri | tubul[e] | ar | peritubular | ||||
| From Greek for "muzzle" | phimosis | phimosis | |||||
| podo | cytes | podocytes | |||||
| poly | cyst | ic | polycystic | ||||
| poly | dips | ia | polydipsia | ||||
| poly | ur | ia | polyuria | ||||
| pyel | itis | pyelitis | |||||
| pyel/o | cyst | itis | pyelocystitis | ||||
| pyel/o | cyst/o | stom[a] | osis | pyelocystostomosis | |||
| pyel/o | gram | pyelogram | |||||
| pyel/o | lith/o | tomy | pyelolithotomy | ||||
| pyel/o | nephr | itis | pyelonephritis | ||||
| pyel/o | pathy | pyelopathy | |||||
| pyel/o | plasty | pyeloplasty | |||||
| pyel/o | stomy | pyelostomy | |||||
| pyel/o | tomy | pyelotomy | |||||
| pyel/o | ureter | ectasia | pyeloureterectasia | ||||
| py/o | nephr | itis | pyonephritis | ||||
| py/o | nephr/o | lith | iasis | pyonephrolithiasis | |||
| py/o | pyel/o | ectasis | pyopyeloectasis | ||||
| pyramid | pyramid | ||||||
| py | ur | ia | pyuria | ||||
| Latin absorbere, "to swallow up" | re | absorp | tion | reabsorption | |||
| ren | al | renal | |||||
| ren | in | renin | |||||
| Latin resectionem, "action of cutting off or away" | resect | ion | resection | ||||
| resect/o | scope | resectoscope | |||||
| retro | periton | eal | retroperitoneal | ||||
| trans | rect[um] | al | transrectal | ||||
| trans | urethr | al | transurethral | ||||
| Greek trígōnos, "triangular" | trigone | trigone | |||||
| tub[e] | ule | tubule | |||||
| tubulo | glomer | ul[us] | ar | tubuloglomerular | |||
| ultra | sono | graphy | ultrasonography | ||||
| urea | urea | ||||||
| ur | emia | uremia | |||||
| ureter | algia | ureteralgia | |||||
| ureter | ectomy | ureterectomy | |||||
| ureter | itis | ureteritis | |||||
| ureter/o | cele | ureterocele | |||||
| ureter/o | ileo | stomy | ureteroileostomy | ||||
| ureter/o | lith | iasis | ureterolithiasis | ||||
| ureter/o | nephr | ectomy | ureteronephrectomy | ||||
| ureter/o | plasty | ureteroplasty | |||||
| ureter/o | pyel | itis | ureteropyelitis | ||||
| ureter/o | pyel/o | nephr | itis | ureteropyelonephritis | |||
| ureter/o | rrhaphy | ureterorrhaphy | |||||
| ureter/o | scopy | ureteroscopy | |||||
| ureter | stenosis | ureterstenosis | |||||
| urethr | ectomy | urethrectomy | |||||
| urethr | itis | urethritis | |||||
| So much fun, they wrote a song about it. | urethr/o | cyst | itis | urethrocystitis | |||
| urethr/o | dynia | urethrodynia | |||||
| urethr/o | gram | urethrogram | |||||
| urethr/o | pexy | urethropexy | |||||
| urethr/o | plasty | urethroplasty | |||||
| urethr/o | rrhea | urethrorrhea | |||||
| urethr/o | scope | urethroscope | |||||
| urethr/o | scopy | urethroscopy | |||||
| urethr/o | spasm | urethrospasm | |||||
| urethr/o | stenosis | urethrostenosis | |||||
| urethr/o | tomy | urethrotomy | |||||
| Urin[e] + [an]alysis | urin[e] | [an]alysis | urinalysis | ||||
| urin | ary | urinary | |||||
| ur/o | cyan | osis | urocyanosis | ||||
| ur/o | dynia | urodynia | |||||
| ur/o | logist | urologist | |||||
| ur/o | logy | urology | |||||
| ur/o | pathy | uropathy | |||||
| ur/o | poeiesis | uropoiesis | |||||
| ur/o | stomy | urostomy | |||||
| ur/o | xanth | in | uroxanthin | ||||
| vesic/o | cele | vesicocele | |||||
| vesic/o | stomy | vesicostomy | |||||
| vesic/o | tomy | vesicotomy | |||||
| vesic/o | ureter | al | vesicoureteral | ||||
| void | ing | voiding |
