For each combining form below, write out its meaning and then locate a term from the chapter that uses the combining form or suffix.
Combining Forms Meaning Chapter Term Meaning
1. azot/o
2. bacteri/o
3. cyst/o
4. glomerul/o
5. glycos/o
6. home/o
7. hydr/o
8. keton/o
9. meat/o
10. nephr/o
11. noct/I
12. olig/o
13. protein/o
14. pyel/o
15. ren/o
16. ureter/o
17. urethr/o
18. urin/o
19. ur/o
Suffixes
20. –lith
21. –lysis
22. –ptosis
23. –uria
1. nitrogenous waste
2. bacteria
3. urinary bladder, pouch
4. glomerulus
5. sugar, glucose
6. sameness
7. water
8. ketones
9. meatus
10. kidney
11. night
12. scanty
13. protein
14. renal pelvis
15. kidney
16. ureter
17. urethra
18. urine
19. urine
Suffixes
20. stone
21. to destroy
22. drooping
23. condition of the urine
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