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Box 4-5 Med Term All
Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants 4th Edition
Question | Answer |
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a-,an- | without, not, lack of |
ab- | away from |
ad- | to, toward, near |
ante- | before, forward, in front of |
anti- | against |
auto- | self |
bi- | double, two, twice |
brady- | slow |
circum- | around |
contra- | against, opposite |
de- | down, from |
dia- | across, through, apart |
dis- | apart, free, from |
dys- | bad, difficult, abnormal |
ecto- | outer, outside |
en- | in, into, within |
endo- | inner, inside |
epi- | over, on, upon |
eryth- | red |
eu- | normal, good, well, healthy |
ex- | out, out of, away, away from |
hemi- | half |
hyper- | excessive, too much, high |
hypo- | under, decreased, less than normal |
in- | in, into, within, not |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
intro- | into, within |
leuk- | whitenon- |
macro- | large |
mal- | bad, illness, disease |
meg- | large |
micro- | small |
mono- | one, single |
neo- | new |
non- | not |
olig- | small, scant |
para- | beside, beyond, after |
per- | by, through |
peri- | around |
poly- | many, much |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before, in front of, prior to |
pro- | before, in front of |
re- | again, backward |
retro- | backward, behind |
semi- | half |
sub- | under, beneath |
super- | above, over, excess |
tachy- | fast, rapid |
trans- | across |
uni- | one |
abdomin(o) | abdomen |
aden(o) | gland |
adren(o) | adrenal gland-release hormones to reduce stress and are above the kidneys |
angi(o) | vessel-transports blood |
arterio | artery-carry blood away from the heart |
athr(o) | joint |
broncho | bronchus, bronchi |
card, cardi(o) | heart |
cephal(o) | head |
chole, chol(o) | bile-dark green to yellowish brown fluid, produced by the liver |
chondr(o) | cartilage |
colo | colon, large intestine |
cost(o) | rib |
crani(o) | skull |
cyan(o) | blue |
cyst(o) | bladder, cyst |
cyt(o) | cell |
dent(o) | tooth |
derma | skin |
duoden(o) | duodenum-first section of the small intestine after the stomach |
encephal(o) | brain |
enter(o) | intestines |
fibr(o) | fiber, fibrous |
gastr(o) | stomach |
gloss(o) | tounge |
gluc(o) | sweetness, glucose |
glyc(o) | sugar |
gyn, gyne, gyneco | woman |
hem, hema, hemo, hemat(o) | blood |
hepat(o) | liver |
hydr(o) | water |
hyster(o) | uterus |
ile(o), ili(o) | ileum-final section of the small intestine |
laparo | abdomen, loin, flank |
laryng(o) | larynx-voice box |
lith(o) | stone |
mamm(o) | breast, mammary gland |
mast(o) | mammary gland, breast |
meno | menstruation |
my(o) | muscle |
myel(o) | spinal cord, bone marrow |
necro | death |
nephr(o) | kidney |
neur(o) | nerve |
ocul(o) | eye |
oophor(o) | ovary |
opthaim(o) | eye |
orth(o) | straight, normal, correct |
oste(o) | bone |
ot(o) | ear |
ped(o) | child, foot |
pharyng(o) | pharynx-part of the throat behind mouth and nasal cavity |
phleb(o) | vein |
pnea | breathing, respiration |
pneum(o) | lung, air, gas |
proct(o) | rectum |
psych (o) | mind |
pulmo | lung |
py (o) | pus |
rect (o) | rectum |
rhin(o) | nose |
salping(o) | eustachian tube, uterine tube |
splen(o) | spleen |
sten(o) | narrow, constriction |
stern(o) | sternum |
stomat(o) | mouth |
therm(o) | heat |
thoraco | chest |
thromb(o) | clot, thrombus |
thyr(o) | thyroid |
toxic(o) | poison, poisonus |
toxo | poison |
trache(o) | thrachea |
urethr(o) | urethra |
urin(o) | urine |
uro | urine, urinary tract, urination |
uter(o) | uterus |
vas(o) | blood vessel, vas deferens |
ven(o) | vein |
vertebr(o) | spine, vertabrae |
-ALGIA | pain |
-ASIS | condition, usually abnormal |
-CELE | hernia, herniation, pouching |
-CENTESIS | puncture and aspiration of |
-CYTE | cell |
-ECTASIS | dilation, stetching |
-ECTOMY | excision, removal of |
-EMIA | blood condition |
-GENESIS | development, production, creation |
-GENIC | producing, causing |
-GRAM | record |
-GRAPH | a diagram, a recording insturment |
-GRAPHY | making a recording |
-IASIS | condition of |
-ISM | a condition |
-ITIS | inflammation |
-LOGY | the study of |
-LYSIS | destruction of, decomposition |
-MEGALY | enlargement |
-METER | measuring insturment |
-OMA | tumor |
-OSIS | condition |
-PATHY | disease |
-PENIA | lack, deficiency |
-PHAGIA | to eat or consume, swallowing |
-PHASIA | speaking |
-PHOBIA | an exaggerated fear |
-PLASTY | surgical repair or reshaping |
-PLEGIA | paralysis |
-PTOSIS | falling, sagging, dropping down |
-RRHAGE or -RRHAGIA | excessive flow |
-rrhaphy | STICTCHING, SUTURING |
-rrhea | profuse flow, discharge |
-scope | examination insturment |
-scopy | examination using a scope |
-stasis | maintenance, maintaining a constant level |
-stomy, -ostomy | creation of an opening |
-tomy, -otomy | incision, cutting into |
-uria | condition of the urine |
supra- | above, over |