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15 digestive and urinary system prefixes
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06/09/2026

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Term
Choles/e-
Definition
Refers to bile or gall (e.g., cholecystitis, inflammation of the gallbladder).
Term
Enter/o
Definition
Refers to the intestines, typically the small intestine.
Term
Gastr/o
Definition
Refers to the stomach.
Term
Hepat/o
Definition
Refers to liver.
Term
Or/o
Definition
Refers to the mouth.
Term
Proct/o
Definition
Refers to the rectum and anus.
Term
Stomat/o
Definition
Refers to the mouth or an opening.
Term
Cyst/o
Definition
Refers to the bladder or a fluid-filled sac.
Term
Glomerul/o
Definition
Refers to the glomerulus, the tiny filtering unit of the kidney.
Term
Meat/o
Definition
Refers to a meatus or passage (like the urethral opening).
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Nephr/o
Definition
Refers to the kidney.
Term
Pyel/o
Definition
Refers to the renal pelvis, the funnel-shaped part of the kidney where urine collects.
Term
Ren/o
Definition
Refers to the kidney (similiar to nephr/o- but generally used with latin- derived terms like renal).
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Ureter/o
Definition
Refers to the ureter, the tube carrying urine from the kidney to the bladder.
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Urethr/o
Definition
Refers to the urethra, the tube carrying urine out of the body.
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