prefix
absence of, without
a-
pertaining to
-al, -ary
night
noct/i
sugar
glycos/o
drooping, sagging, prolapse
-ptosis
painful, abnormal, difficult
dys-
surgical crushing
-tripsy
ureter
ureter/o
developing cell, germ cell
blast/o
surgical fixation
-pexy
many, much
poly-
hernia, protrusion
-cele
kidney
nephr/o, ren/o
sound
son/o
loosening, separating
-lysis
through, across, beyond
trans-
condition
-iasis
bladder, sac
cyst/o, vesic/o
renal pelvis
pyel/o
create an artificial opening
-stomy
stone(s), calculus
-lith
urea, nitrogen
azot/o
urethra
urethr/o
-tomy