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Chapter 1 CNHP 2010
Flash Cards
Term | Definition |
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-malacia | abnormal softening ( osteomalacia: bone softening) |
-phil/-philia | attraction for (hemophilia) |
-plasty | reconstruction/formation of a body part. |
-stomy | the making of an opening (stoma) |
-dynia/-algia | pain |
-cele | swelling, hernia, pouching |
-rrhage/-rrhagia | excessive blood discharge |
meta- | after or behind |
hyper- | excessive or above normal |
hypo- | deficient or below normal |
multi-/poly- | many |
quadri- | four |
peri- | around |
para- | along side |
meso- | middle |
infra- | below or under |
en~/endo~/intra- | inside |
plural ending to ~ax | ~aces |
plural ending to ~y | ~ies |
plural ending to ~ex/~ix | ~ices |
plural ending to ~ma | ~mata |
plural ending to ~on/~um | ~a |
cardi/o | heart |
vascul/o, angi/o | vessel |
abdomin/o, lapar/o | abdomen |
enter/o | small intestine |
gastr/o | stomach |
-poiesis, plas/o, -iasis | formation or presence of |
PERRLA | pupils equal, round, and reactive to light and accommodation |
EtOH | ethyl alcohol |