Medical Terminology
Curriculum
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Utah State Office of Education
Medical Terminology
Urinary System Terms
Name ________________________________________ Period _______
Part I: Define the following prefixes, suffixes, and root words
1. cyst/o ______________________ 30. vesic/o ____________________
2. glomerul/o __________________ 31. meat/o ____________________
3. nephr/o _____________________ 32. ren/o _____________________
4. pyelo ______________________ 33. ureter/o ___________________
5. urethr/o _____________________ 34. -itis ______________________
6. erythr/o _____________________ 35. poiesis ____________________
7. albumin/o ___________________ 36. blast/o _____________________
8. glyc/o ______________________ 37. glycos/o ___________________
9. hydr/o ______________________ 38. lith/o ______________________
10. noct/i ______________________ 39. olig/o ______________________
11. poly ________________________ 40. son/o _____________________
12. -tripsy _______________________ 41. tom/o _____________________
13. urin/o _______________________ 42. ur/o -______________________
14. -ology _______________________ 43. ist ________________________
15. ven/o ________________________ 44. -iasis ______________________
16. -esis _________________________ 45. -lysis ______________________
17. -megaly ______________________ 46. -orraphy ___________________
18. -trophy _______________________ 47. a _________________________
19. hyper ________________________ 48. -uria ______________________
20. hemat/o _______________________ 49. -cele ______________________
21. -oma _________________________ 50. -emia _____________________
22. stenosis _______________________ 51. -otomy ____________________
23. -plasty ________________________ 52. -ectomy ____________________
24. -ostomy _______________________ 53. -pexy ______________________
25. -gram _________________________ 54. -graphy ____________________
26. -scopy ________________________ 55. -scopy _____________________
27. intra __________________________ 56. py/o ______________________
28. dys ___________________________ 57. an ________________________
29. diure __________________________ 58. -meter ____________________
Part II: Words to Define (You may use a medical dictionary)
1. pyelonephritis _____________________________________________________
2. uremia __________________________________________________________
3. cystocele ________________________________________________________
4. ureterostenosis ___________________________________________________
5. cystolithotomy ____________________________________________________
6. nephrostomy _____________________________________________________
7. pyeloplasty _______________________________________________________
