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NURS 208 Med Terms

NURS 208 Medical Terminology List #1

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ante before, in front of
auto self, own
brady slow
circum around
dys difficult, bad, painful, abnormal
en in
end within
eu good, well
hyper excessive, above
hypo under, deficit, below
infra below
cardia heart condition
cele herniation, protrusion
centesis removal of fluid
clast breaking down, to break
blast embryonic
cyte cell
cytosis abnormal increase of cells
dipsia thirst
ectasis dialation
gram record, recording
graph instrument used to record
graphy process of recording
ism condition
itis inflammation
meter instrument used to measure
metry process of measurement
oma tumor, mass, swelling
osis abnormal condition
plasia development, formation
plasty surgical repair
rrhage suture, burst forth
rrhea discharge, flow
scope instrument used for visual examination
scopic pertaining to visual examination
scopy visual examination
tension pressure
ab away from
ad towards
anti against
contra opposite, against
de lack of, removal
dia through, complete
ecto outer
endo inner, within
epi above, on top
hemi half, partial
ipsi same
levo left, left side
macro large
mal bad, poor
micro small, tiny
mono single, one
neo new
non not
para abnormal, near, beside
poly excessive, profuse, many
post after, behind
pre before
syn together, with
ADHD Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
BP blood pressure
CA cancer
BPH Benign prostatic hyperplasia
BPM Beats per minute
BSE Breast self-examination
CABG Coronary artery bypass graft
CAD coronary artery disease
CBC complete blood count
CHF congestive heart failure
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