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chapter 3 things

TermDefinition
Abbreviation Meaning
ADN Registered Nurse Associate's degree
BSN Registered Nurse Bachelor's degree
BX , bx biopsy
CNA certified nursing assistant
I&D incision and drainage
ID Intradermal
LVN Licensed Vocational Nurse
MSN Registered Nurse master's degree
NIH National Institute of Health
NP nurse practitioner
oint ointment
qid four times a day
RN registered nurse
tid three times a day
WHO World Health Organization
x times
LPN Licensed Practical Nurse
one
two
three
albin/o white
angi/o vessel
bas/o base
bi/o life
carcin/o cancer
cauter/o to burn
chem/o chemical
cis/o to cut
cortic/o outer layer
cry/o cold
cutane/o skin
cyt/o cell
derma/o skin
dermat/o skin
diaphor/o profuse sweating
electr/o electricity
erythr/o red
esthesi/o feeling
hem/o blood
hidr/o sweat
icthy/o scaly, dry
kerat/o hard,horny
leuk/o white
lip/o fat
melan/o black
myc/o fungus
necr/o death
onych/o nail
pedicul/o lice
phot/o light
py/o pus
rhytid/o wrinkle
sarc/o flesh
scler/o hard
septic/o infection
system/o system
trich/o hair
ungu/o nail
vesic/o sac
xer/o dry
suffixes suffixes
-al pertaining to
-derma skin condition
-ectomy surgical removal
-emia blood condition
-ia state, condition
-iasis abnormal condition
-ic pertaining to
-ism state of
-itis inflammation
-ology study of
-malacia abnormal softening
-oma tumor, mass
-opsy view of
-osis abnormal condition
-ous pertaining to
-phagia eat, swallow
-plasty surgical repair
-rrhea abnormal flow
-tic pertaining to
-tome instrument to cut
-ule small
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