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California State University, Fullerton
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KNES 205 | Medical Terminology
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2022
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Handout 6.3 6 Urinary System BUILD MEDICAL TERMS Use the suffix -itis to build the medical terms defined in numbers 1–4. 1. inflammation of the bladder _____CYSTITIS___________________ 2. inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney _GLOMERULONEPHRITIS____________________ 3. inflammation of the renal pelvis ___PYELITIS_________________________ 4. inflammation of the urethra and the bladder __URETHROCYTITIS______________________ Use the combining form nephr/o to build the medical terms defined in numbers 5–8. 5. kidney tumor with developing cell ___NEPHRONBLASTOMA__________________ 6. excessive development of the kidney ____NEPHRONMEGALY_____________________ 7. enlargement of the kidney ____NEPHRONHYPERTROPHY______________ 8. drooping kidney __NEPHROTOSIS________________________ Use the combining form ureter/o to build the medical terms defined in numbers 9–11. 9. condition of stone(s) in the ureters _____URETERLITHIASIS_____________________ 10. protrusion of the ureter ____URETERCELE___________________________ 11. narrowing of the ureter ___URETTERSTENOSIS_____________________ Use the combining form cyst/o to build the medical terms defined in numbers 12–14. 12. creating an artificial opening to the bladder 13. suturing the bladder ___CYSTOSTOMY_______________ _CYSTORRHAPY_________________________ 14. incision of the bladder to remove a stone ___CYSTLITHOMY___________________ Use the suffix -uria to build the medical terms defined in numbers 15–20. 15. night urination 16. scanty urine __NOSTURIA__________________________ ___OLIGURIA________________________ 17. difficult or painful urination ___DYSURIA_________________________ 18. much urine ___POLYURIA____________________________ 19. pus in the urine ___PYURIA______________________________ 20. blood in the urine ___HEMATURIA___________________________