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Medical Terminology
Nursing
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ALBIN/O | WHITE |
| CIRRHO/O | YELLOW |
| JAUND/O | YELLOW |
| XANTH/O | YELLOW |
| CUTANE/O | SKIN |
| CYAN/O | BLUE |
| DERM | SKIN |
| ERYTHRO | RED |
| FERO | TO CARRY |
| ICHTHY/O | DRY, SCALY |
| KERATO | HORNLIKE |
| MELANO | BLACK |
| MYC/O | FUNGUS |
| ONYCH/O | NAIL |
| PIL/O | HAIR |
| SCLERO | HARDENING |
| SEB/O | SEBUM, OIL, FAT |
| SUDOR/I | SWEAT |
| XER/O | DRY |
| AN- | WITHOUT |
| ANTI- | AGAINST |
| DE- | REMOVAL |
| HYPO- | BELOW NORMAL |
| INFRA- | BELOW |
| LEIO- | SMOOTH |
| TRANS- | ACROSS |
| -ALGIA | PAIN |
| -CYTE | CELL |
| -EDEMA | WATERY FLUID IN TISSUES |
| -IC | PERTAINING TO |
| -IUM | STRUCTURE OR TISSUE |
| -OID | RESEMBLANCE TO |
| -OMA | TUMOR |
| EPI- | UPON |
| SUPER/O | SUPERIOR |
| SARC | FLESH |
| PROXIMO | NEAR |
| POSTERO | BACK |
| NEURO | NERVE |
| MYELO | SPINAL CORD |
| MYO | MUSCLE |
| INGUINO | GROIN |
| GASTRO | STOMACH |
| DORSO | BACK |
| CYTO | CELL |
| CHONDRO | CARTILAGE |
| CERVO | NECK |
| ANTERO | FRONT |
| EPI | UPON |
| HYPER | ABOVE NORMAL |
| PARA | ALONGSIDE OF OR ABNORMAL |
| SUB | BELOW OR UNDER |
| -CYTE | CELL |
| -DERMA | SKIN |
| -IA | CONDITION |
| -ISM | CONDITION |
| -MALACIA | SOFTENING |
| -OSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION |
| ANKYLO | STIFF, FUSED, CLOSED |
| ARTHRO | JOINT |
| BRACHIO | ARMS |
| CERVICO | NECK |
| CHEIRO | HAND |
| COSTO | RIB |
| DACTYLO | FINGERS/TOES |
| LUMBO | LOWER BACK |
| MYELO | SPINAL CORD |
| ORTHO | STRAIGHT, CORRECT |
| OSTEO | BONE |
| PED | FOOT, CHILD |
| SCOLIO | TWISTED |
| THORACO | THORAX, CHEST |
| AMPHI- | BOTH SIDES |
| SYN- | JOINED TOGETHER |
| ZYGO- | JOINED/YOKED TOGETHER |
| -GRAM | WRITTEN RECORD OF |
| -ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| -KINESIA | MOVEMENT |
| -PLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR |
| -POROSIS | POROUS |
| -SCOPY | TO VISUALLY EXAMINE |
| FASCIO | FIBROUS MEMBRANE |
| FIBRO | FIBER |
| KINESIO | MOVEMENT |
| MUSCULO | MUSCLE |
| PEDICS | CHILD |
| STHENO | STRENGTH |
| TENDINO | TENDON |
| TONO | TONE |
| -DYNIA | PAIN |
| -PARESIS | PARTIAL PARALYSIS |
| -PLEGIA | PARALYSIS |
| CEPHALO | HEAD |
| CEREBELLO | THE CEREBELLUM |
| ENCEPHALO | BRAIN |
| ESTHESIO | SENSATION |
| MENINGIO | MEMBRANE |
| MENTO | REFERRING TO THE MIND |
| SCHIZO | TO SPLIT |
| PYSCH/O | REFERRING TO THE MIND |
| -MNESIA | MEMORY |
| -OID | LIKE |
| PARESIS | WEAKNESS, LOSS OF MOVEMENT |
| -PHASIA | SPEECH |
| -PLEGIA | PARALYSIS |
| ACRO | EXTREMITIES |
| ADENO | GLAND |
| ADRENO | ADRENAL GLAND |
| CALCI | CALCIUM |
| PANCREATO | PANCREAS |
| -MEGALY | ENLARGEMENT |
| -TROPIN | NOURISHMENT, STIMULATION |
| -URIA | URINE |
| ANGIO | VESSEL |
| ARTERIO | ARTERY |
| ATHERO | FATTY |
| ATRIO | ATRIUM |
| CORONO | CROWNING, ENCIRCLING |
| HEMO | BLOOD |
| HEMATO | BLOOD |
| ISCH | RESTRICTED, NARROWING |
| PHLEBO | VEIN |
| THROMBO | CLOT |
| VARICO | DILATED |
| VASO | VESSEL |
| BRADY- | SLOW |
| TACCHY- | FAST |
| PERI- | AROUND, SURROUNDING |
| -ESTASIS | DILATION |
| -EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
| -PATHY | DISEASE |
| -STENOSIS | A NARROWING |
| IMMUNO | IMMUNE SYSTEM |
| LEUKO | WHITE |
| PATHO | DISEASE |
| PHAGO | INGEST, ENGULF |
| SPLENO | SPLEEN |
| PNEUMO | AIR, LUNG |
| THORACO | CHEST, THORAX |
| -OXIA | OXYGEN |
| -PHONIA | VOICE |
| -PNEA | BREATHING |
| BUCCO | CHEEK |
| CHEILO | LIP |
| CHOLECYSTO | GALLBLADDER |
| ENTERO | INTESTINES |
| GLOSSO | TONGUE |
| HEPATO | LIVER |
| PHAGO | EATING, SWALLOWING |
| PROCTO | ANUS, RECTUM |
| STOMATO | MOUTH |
| -CELE | HERNIA |
| -EMESIS | VOMIT |
| -LITH | STONE |
| -PEPSIA | DIGESTION |
| -SCOPE | DEVICE FOR VISUAL EXAMINATION |
| -SCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION |
| CYSTO | BLADDER |
| NEPHRO | KIDNEY |
| RENO | KIDNEY |
| NOCTO | NIGHT |
| OLIGO | LITTLE, FEW |
| PY/O | PUS |
| PYELO | PELVIS |
| URETERO | URETERS |
| URETHRO | URETHRA |
| -ECTOMY | REMOVAL |
| BALANO | GLANS PENIS |
| CERVICO | CERVIX |
| CIRCUMO | AROUND |
| COLPO | VAGINA |
| VAGINO | VAGINAL |
| GONADO | GONADS, SEX GLANDS |
| GYNECO | WOMAN, FEMALE |
| LACTO | MILK |
| MASTO | BREAST |
| MAMMO | BREAST |
| MENO | MENSTRUATION |
| NATO | BIRTH |
| OOPHORO, O, OO | OVARY, EGG |
| OVARI/O | OVARY |
| SALPINGO | TUBE, FALLOPIAN TUBE |
| UTERO | UTERUS |
| METRO | UTERUS |
| HYSTERO | UTERUS |
| VASO | VESSEL |
| NEO- | NEW |
| -GENESIS | PRODUCTION |
| -RRHEA | FLOWING, DISCHARGE |
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