URINARY SYSTEM AND MALE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS
URINARY SYSTEM
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Question
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Word part meaning stone, calculus?
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lith/o
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nephr/o
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cyst/o
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -lithotripsy. Prefix: Prefix Definition: 1st Root Word: lith/o. 1st Root Definition: stone; calculus.
Detailed explanation-2: –lith-comes from Greek, where it has the meaning “stone. ‘’ This meaning is found in such words as: lithium, lithography, monolith, neolithic.
Detailed explanation-3: -Litho-: Prefix meaning stone, as in lithotomy (an operation to remove a stone), or lithotripsy (a procedure to crush a stone).
Detailed explanation-4: -amenorrhea. The word root that means stone or calculus. lith.
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