GENERAL ANATOMY
URINARY SYSTEM
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lith/o
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nephr/o
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cyst/o
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-cele
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Detailed explanation-1: -lithotomy. Prefix: Prefix Definition: 1st Root Word: lith/o. 1st Root Definition: stone; calculus.
Detailed explanation-2: -calcul/o. Prefix denoting calculus. The word “calculus” (plural: calculi) is the Latin form for pebble or stone. Medically, calculus is a stone, for example, renal calculus or kidney stone.
Detailed explanation-3: –lith. a combining form meaning “stone” (acrolith; megalith; paleolith); sometimes occurring in words as a variant form of-lite (batholith; laccolith).
Detailed explanation-4: –lith-comes from Greek, where it has the meaning “stone. ‘’ This meaning is found in such words as: lithium, lithography, monolith, neolithic.
Detailed explanation-5: -1. an arm or leg; limb. 2. a joint, as of the finger.