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Nursing Terms final
chapters 8-14
combo form/suffix/prefix/term | meaning |
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adip/o | fat |
axill/o | axilla (armpit) |
bacter/i & bacteri/o | bacteria |
cutane/o | skin |
derm/a & derm/o | skin |
dermat/o | skin |
erythemat/o | erythema or redness |
follicul/o | follicle |
ichthy/o | fish |
kerat/o | horny tissue |
onych/o | nail |
ungu/o | nail |
pil/o | hair |
trich/o | hair |
seb/o | sebum |
seps/o | infection |
sept/o | infection or septum |
xer/o | dry |
-cidal | killing |
-static | keeping stationary |
Memory tool: Primarily because my new pick-up plodded, i paid for a V W | Primary: bulla, cyst, macule, nodule, pustule, plaque, papule, vesicle, wheal |
cyst | sacv filled with fluid or semi-solid material |
macules | nonraised discolored spots less than 1 cm in diameter |
papules | elevated lesion less than 1 cm in diameter |
plaque | elevated & circumscribed patches more than 1 cm diameter |
nodule | marble-like solid lesion more than 1 cm wide & deep |
bullae | blisters greater than 1 cm & filled with clear fluid |
vesicles | blisters less than 1 cm & filled with clear fluid |
pustules | vesicles filled with cloudy fluid or pus |
wheal | elevated irregularly shaped lesion |
atrohpy | wasting of the epidermis |
ulcer | irregularly shaped erosions that extend into the dermis |
fissures | deep linear splits through the epidermis into the dermis |
abrasion | skin is scraped or rubbed away by friction |
contusion | a bruise |
incision | smooth-edged wound produced by a sharp instrument |
laceration | torn jagged wound |
puncture | wound made by piercing |
abscess | cavity that contains pus |
albinism | congenital absence of normal pigment |
cyanosis | bluish discoloration of the skin |
furnucle | a boil |
ichthosis | dry & scaly skin, resembling fish skin |
lipoma | benign tumor composed of fat cells |
mycodermatitis | inflammation of the skin caused by a fungus |
onychomycosis | fungal infection of the nails |
petechiae | tiny purple or red spots on the skin |
xerosis | excessive dryness of the skin |
cervic/o | cervix |
colp/o | vagina |
vagin/o | vagina |
gynec/o | female |
hyster/o | uterus |
uter/o | uterus |
metr/p | uterine tissue |
oophor/o | ovary |
ovar/o | ovary |
salping/o | uterine tube |
vulv/o | vulva |
cyst/o | bladder, cyst, or sac |
vesic/o | bladder, cyst, or sac |
genit/o | genitals |
gonad/o | genitals or reproduction |
men/o | month |
-plasia | development or formation |
rect/o | rectum |
urethr/o | urthra |
urin/o | urine |
amni/o | amnion |
fet/o | fetus |
nat/i | birth |
par/o | to bear offspring |
-para | a woman who has given birth |
orchi/o or orchid/o | testes |
test/o or testicul/o | testes |
pen/o | penis |
prostat/o | prostate |
scrot/o | scrotum, bag |
semin/o | semen |
ser/o | serum |
spermat/o | spermatozoa |
urethr/o | urethra |
vas/o | vessel or duct |
chancre | a lesion primary stage of syphilis |
climacteric or menopause | end of a woman's reproductive period |
mast/o or mamm/o | breast |
albumin/o | albumin |
-ation | process |
-esis | action, process, or result of |
glycos/o | sugar |
olig/o | few scanty |
ur/o | urnie or urinary tract |
-uria | urine or urination |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
nephr/o | kidney |
ren/o | kidney |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
ureter/o | ureter |
urethr/o | urethra |
-ation | action or process |
bil/i | bile |
chol/e | bile |
cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
de- | down,from reversing, or removing |
-orexia | appetite |
-pepsia | digestion |
vag/o | vagus nerve |
viscer/o | viscera |
cheil/o | lips |
dent/i or dent/o | teeth |
odont/o | teeth |
gingiv/o | gums |
gloss/o | tongue |
lingu/o | tojngue |
or/o | mouth |
stomat/o | mouth |
esophag/o | esophagus |
gastr/o | stomach |
intestin/o | instestines |
enter/o | intestines |
duoden/o | duodenum |
jejun/o | jejunum |
ile/o | ileum |
col/o or colon/o | colon or large intestine |
append/o or appendic/o | appendix |
cec/o | cecum |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
proct/o | anus or rectum |
rect/o | rectum |
an/o | anus |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
choledoch/o | common bile duct |
helpat/o | liver |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
sial/o | salivary gland |
atel/o | imperfect |
coni/o | dust |
embol/o | emobolus |
home/o | sameness |
-ole | little |
ox/o | oxygen |
-pnea | breathing |
silic/o | silica |
spir/o | to breath |
alveol/o | alveolus |
bronch/o or bronchi/o | bronchus |
bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
epiglott/o | epiglottis |
laryng/o | larynx |
lob/o | lobe |
nas/o or rhin/o | nose |
phren/o | diaphragm |
pleur/o | pleura |
pharyng/o | pharaynx |
pneum/o or pneumon/o | lung |
pulm/o or pulmon/o | lung |
trache/o | trachea |
adrenals produce | adrenaline aka epinephrine |
testicles produce | androgen |
pituitary produces | ADH & GH |
adrenals produces | cortisone |
ovaries produces | estrogen |
pancreas produces | insulin |
thryoid produces | thyroxine |
aden/o | gland |
adren/o | adrenal glands |
andr/o | male or masculine |
gigant/o | giant |
gonad/o | gonad |
insulin/o | insulin |
iod/o | iodine |
myx/o | mucus |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
parathyroid/o | parathyroids |
pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
hypophys/o | pituitary gland |
ren/o | kidney |
thyr/o or thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
toxic/o | poison |
-gen | beginning orign |
-physis | growth |
-tropic | stimulate |
-tropin | that which stimulates |
-uria | urine or urination |