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Medical Terminology: Root Words

Combining Form, Suffix, Prefix & Meaning

Term	Definition
-rrhea	abnormal flow, discharge
-uria	urine, urination
Nephritis	inflamed kidney
Sub	meaning under
Oliguria	scarcely urinating
-lithiasis-	presence of stone
Xero	dry
Pexy-	surgical fixation
Seborrhea	discharge of sebum
Anuria-	absence of urine
Nephromegaly-	enlarged kidney
Rhytid/o	wrinkles
Per-	Through
Nephroplasty-	surgical repair of the kidney
Hydronephrosis	abnormal condition with water in the kidney
Leuk/o	white
Dermatoplasty-	surgical repair of skin
Cystolith-	stones in the bladder
plasty	surgical repair
Onych/o	Nail
Dermatology-	- Study of the skin
-stenosis	constriction or narrowing
Myc/o	fungus
Percutaneous-	Pertaining to through the skin
-lith	stones
Leukoderma-	white skin
Pyel/o	renal pelvis
Nephrectomy-	surgical removal of kidney
Ptosis-	drooping
Rhytidectomy	removal of wrinkles
Cyst/o	bladder
-osis	abnormal condition
-gram	record, radiographic image
Cystitis-	inflammation of the bladder
Epi	on top of
Pyelonephritis-	inflammation in kidney and renal pelvis
Nephropexy-	surgical fixation of the kidney
Nephroptosis-	drooping kidney
Urethrostenosis-	constriction of the urethra
Nephrolithiasis-	kidney stones
-osis	Abnormal condition
-ectomy	excision or surgical removal
Hematuria-	blood in urine
Onychomalacia-	Softening of nails
Cutane/o-	skin
-derm	Skin
Onychomycosis	Abnormal condition of fungus under nail
Dermat/o	skin
-itis	Inflammation
Cystourethrogram	radiographic image of bladder and urethra
Cystectomy-	excision of bladder
-pexy	surgical fixation
poly	many (multiple)
Dysuria	painful urination
Seb/o-	sebum (oil)
Dys	painful, difficult
An-	absence of, without
Xeroderma-	Dry skin
Olig/o	few
Ectomy-	surgical removal
-ou, -a, -al-	pertaining to
Pachyderma-	Abnormal thickening of the skin
Polyuria-	excessive urine
Epidermal-	Pertaining to on top of the skin
Dermatitis-	Inflammation of the skin
Nocturia-	urination at night

-rrhea	Definition: abnormal flow, discharge	1	0	false
urine, urination	Term: -uria	2	1	false
Nephritis	Definition: inflamed kidney	3	0	false
meaning under	Term: Sub	4	1	false
Oliguria	Definition: scarcely urinating	5	0	false
-lithiasis-	Definition: presence of stone	6	0	false
Xero	Definition: dry	7	0	false
surgical fixation	Term: Pexy-	8	1	false
Seborrhea	Definition: discharge of sebum	9	0	false
absence of urine	Term: Anuria-	10	1	false
enlarged kidney	Term: Nephromegaly-	11	1	false
wrinkles	Term: Rhytid/o	12	1	false
Through	Term: Per-	13	1	false
Nephroplasty-	Definition: surgical repair of the kidney	14	0	false
Hydronephrosis	Definition: abnormal condition with water in the kidney	15	0	false
Leuk/o	Definition: white	16	0	false
Dermatoplasty-	Definition: surgical repair of skin	17	0	false
Cystolith-	Definition: stones in the bladder	18	0	false
surgical repair	Term: plasty	19	1	false
Nail	Term: Onych/o	20	1	false