Word Structure

WordHub has a local lexical record for “Ureterectasia” with pronunciation and root analysis.

• ureter-

  urine ureter-: urinary duct of the kidneys (from kidney to bladder) urethr-: canal through which urine is discharged from the bladder (from bladder to outside the body) -uria: indicating a diseased or abnormal condition of the urine

  Forms: ur, uria

• -ectas

  to stretch, intensify teno-: tendon (a fibrous connective tissue) tetan: rigid, tetanus -ectas: dilation, extension, or distension of an organ

  Forms: ten, tas

• -ia

  a suffix that forms nouns; state of, condition of, quality of; act of - names of diseases - names of countries - names of chemical alkaloids - names of flowers, from names of the discoverer or the person who introduced the flower - names of classes and orders in botany and zoology - names of collective nouns - names of things relating to something - plurals of Latin and Greek nouns that end with -ion, -ium, -um

  Forms: ia