Combo
Ur/o
Urine
Excess vs. Deficient
specialist
- scopy
to visually examine
3 words for excretion
micturition
Voiding
Urination
Ren/o & Nephr/o
Kidney
Mega vs. Micro
Large vs. small
- plasty
surgical repair
- Rrhagia
burst or flow of blood
Meatus
Opening or passageway
Ureter/o
Ureter
epi
upon, above
-ostomy
surgical opening
- lysis
destruction
Urea
major end product of protein metabolism
Cyst/o
Bladder
para
around
- Sclerosis vs. - Stenosis
Hardening vs. Narrowing
-ptosis
drooping or sagging
Suppuration
formation or discharge of pus
Pyel/o
Renal pelvis
Lith/o
stone
- ectasis
Distention = enlargement
-dynia
painful
Glomerul/o
Glomerulus - cluster of capillaries in the kidneys