Word: ureterolysis
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ur
e
ter
o
ly
sis
Definition: A surgical procedure to expose the ureter in order to free it from external pressure or adhesions or to avoid damaging it during pelvic surgery, most often hysterectomy.
Morphemes:
Affix: uretero-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: ureter; either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
Affix: -lysis
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: dissolving
Etymology Compounds: Affix: λύω
Language: grc
Decoded: luo
Meaning: loosen
Affix: -σις
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process