Medical Terminology Simplified

7–23 Many kidney disorders can be treated surgically. Learn these procedures by

building surgical terms with nephr/othat mean

excision of a kidney: ____________________ / ____________________

suture of a kidney: ____________________ / _____ / ____________________

incision of the kidney: ____________________ / _____ / __________

incision (to remove a) kidney stone:

____________________ / _____ / __________ / _____ / __________

7–24 A kidney may prolapse from its normal position because of a birth defect or

injury. The downward displacement may occur because the kidney supports are

weakened due to a sudden strain or blow. This condition is called nephr/o/ptosis,or

floating kidney.

A prolapsed kidney is charted in a medical record as

____________________ / _____ / ____________________.

7–25 Determine the element in nephr/o/ptosis that means

prolapse, downward displacement: ____________________

kidney:____________________ / _____

7–26 Downward displacement of a kidney that results from a congenital defect

or an injury is called ____________________ / _____ / ____________________.

7–27 Nephr/o/ptosis can be treated surgically. Use -pexyto build a surgical term

that means fixation of the kidney: ____________________ / _____ / __________.

Boldfaceindicates a word root or combining form. Blueindicates a suffix. Pinkindicates a prefix.

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nephr/ectomy

nĕ-FRĔK-tō-mē

nephr/o/rrhaphy

nĕf-ROR-ă-fē

nephr/o/tomy

nĕ-FRŎT-ō-mē

nephr/o/lith/o/tomy

nĕf-rō-lĭth-ŎT-ō-mē

nephr/o/ptosis

nĕf-rŏp-TŌ-sĭs

-ptosis

nephr/o

nephr/o/ptosis

nĕf-rŏp-TŌ-sĭs

nephr/o/pexy

NĔF-rō-pĕks-ē