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Competency13
Study words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ante- | before; forward |
| immueno/o | protection |
| a-: an-: ana- | no; not; without |
| MS | Morphine sulfate |
| Elix | elixir |
| H & H | Hemoglobin and hematocrit |
| MPF | Methyl Paraben Free (preservative free) |
| MS04 | Morphine Sulfate |
| KCL | potassium chloride |
| LR | Lactated ringers solution |
| brady- | slow |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | above; upon |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| para- | near; beside |
| per- | through |
| poly- | many; excessive |
| tachy- | fast |
| -algia | pain (examples fibromyalgia, neuralgia: nerve pain) |
| -ectomy | surgical removal;excision (cutting out) |
| ism | condition |
| oid | resembling; like |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ostomy | creation of an opening |
| -otomy | incision or cutting into but not removal of |
| -pathy | disease or suffering neuropathy (nerve disease) sympathy (suffering together) |
| -plasty | surgical repair rhinoplasy-surgical repair of the nose |
| -pnea | breathing dyspnea (shortness of breath) |
| -stasis | control; stop |
| arthr/o | joint |
| ather/o | fat; fatty placque |
| cyst/o | bladder/sac |
| cyt/o | cell |
| hemat/o, hem/o | blood |
| my/o | muscle |
| oste/o | bone |
| ren/o | kidney |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thomb/o | clot |
| cerbrospinal | Loss of normal muscle movement |
| cerebrovascular | Pertaining to the brain and blood vessels that supply it |
| eidural | pertaining to above the dura matter |
| epilepsy | A disorder of the central nervous system characterized by recurrent seizures |
| cardiomyopathy | Disease of the heart muscle |
| endocardium | Membrane lining the cavities of the heart |
| myocarditis | inflamation of the heart muscle |
| myocardium | heart muscle tissue |
| pericardium | Lining around the outside of the heart |
| dyspnea | difficulty, painful, or faulty breathing. |
| hypoxia | a condition of deficient oxygen levels |
| spirometry | Measurement of breathing |
| intramuscular | pertaining to the muscle |
| myalgia | Muscle pain |
| endocrinology | Study of the secreting glands that comprise the endocrine system |
| autoimmune | The disorder characterized by abnormal function of the immune system that causes the body to produce antibodies against itself. |
| immunocompromised | A condition in which the immune system has been compromised by disease of immunosuppressive agents. |
| anemia | a blood condition in which there is a reduction in the number of red blood cells, hemoglobin, or the volume of paced red blood cells |
| myeloma | Tumor of the bone marrow |
| dyepepsia | The condition of indigestion, or of painful digestion |
| dysphagia | difficulty in eating or swallowing |
| nasogastric | Pertaining to the nose and stomach. A tube that travels from the nose to the stomach |
| pyelonephritis | Inflammation of the renal pelvis area of the kidney |
| optometry | process of measuring the eye |
| myringitis | Inflammation of the tympanic membrane |
| otitis | Inflammation of the ear |
| CP | Chest pain |
| NS | Normal Saline |
| DSS | Docusate Sodium (colace) |
| DS | double strength |
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