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Nursing Terms final
chapters 8-14
| combo form/suffix/prefix/term | meaning |
|---|---|
| adip/o | fat |
| axill/o | axilla (armpit) |
| bacter/i & bacteri/o | bacteria |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/a & derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| erythemat/o | erythema or redness |
| follicul/o | follicle |
| ichthy/o | fish |
| kerat/o | horny tissue |
| onych/o | nail |
| ungu/o | nail |
| pil/o | hair |
| trich/o | hair |
| seb/o | sebum |
| seps/o | infection |
| sept/o | infection or septum |
| xer/o | dry |
| -cidal | killing |
| -static | keeping stationary |
| Memory tool: Primarily because my new pick-up plodded, i paid for a V W | Primary: bulla, cyst, macule, nodule, pustule, plaque, papule, vesicle, wheal |
| cyst | sacv filled with fluid or semi-solid material |
| macules | nonraised discolored spots less than 1 cm in diameter |
| papules | elevated lesion less than 1 cm in diameter |
| plaque | elevated & circumscribed patches more than 1 cm diameter |
| nodule | marble-like solid lesion more than 1 cm wide & deep |
| bullae | blisters greater than 1 cm & filled with clear fluid |
| vesicles | blisters less than 1 cm & filled with clear fluid |
| pustules | vesicles filled with cloudy fluid or pus |
| wheal | elevated irregularly shaped lesion |
| atrohpy | wasting of the epidermis |
| ulcer | irregularly shaped erosions that extend into the dermis |
| fissures | deep linear splits through the epidermis into the dermis |
| abrasion | skin is scraped or rubbed away by friction |
| contusion | a bruise |
| incision | smooth-edged wound produced by a sharp instrument |
| laceration | torn jagged wound |
| puncture | wound made by piercing |
| abscess | cavity that contains pus |
| albinism | congenital absence of normal pigment |
| cyanosis | bluish discoloration of the skin |
| furnucle | a boil |
| ichthosis | dry & scaly skin, resembling fish skin |
| lipoma | benign tumor composed of fat cells |
| mycodermatitis | inflammation of the skin caused by a fungus |
| onychomycosis | fungal infection of the nails |
| petechiae | tiny purple or red spots on the skin |
| xerosis | excessive dryness of the skin |
| cervic/o | cervix |
| colp/o | vagina |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| gynec/o | female |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| uter/o | uterus |
| metr/p | uterine tissue |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ovar/o | ovary |
| salping/o | uterine tube |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| cyst/o | bladder, cyst, or sac |
| vesic/o | bladder, cyst, or sac |
| genit/o | genitals |
| gonad/o | genitals or reproduction |
| men/o | month |
| -plasia | development or formation |
| rect/o | rectum |
| urethr/o | urthra |
| urin/o | urine |
| amni/o | amnion |
| fet/o | fetus |
| nat/i | birth |
| par/o | to bear offspring |
| -para | a woman who has given birth |
| orchi/o or orchid/o | testes |
| test/o or testicul/o | testes |
| pen/o | penis |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| scrot/o | scrotum, bag |
| semin/o | semen |
| ser/o | serum |
| spermat/o | spermatozoa |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| vas/o | vessel or duct |
| chancre | a lesion primary stage of syphilis |
| climacteric or menopause | end of a woman's reproductive period |
| mast/o or mamm/o | breast |
| albumin/o | albumin |
| -ation | process |
| -esis | action, process, or result of |
| glycos/o | sugar |
| olig/o | few scanty |
| ur/o | urnie or urinary tract |
| -uria | urine or urination |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| ren/o | kidney |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -ation | action or process |
| bil/i | bile |
| chol/e | bile |
| cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
| de- | down,from reversing, or removing |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| vag/o | vagus nerve |
| viscer/o | viscera |
| cheil/o | lips |
| dent/i or dent/o | teeth |
| odont/o | teeth |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| lingu/o | tojngue |
| or/o | mouth |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| intestin/o | instestines |
| enter/o | intestines |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| ile/o | ileum |
| col/o or colon/o | colon or large intestine |
| append/o or appendic/o | appendix |
| cec/o | cecum |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| proct/o | anus or rectum |
| rect/o | rectum |
| an/o | anus |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| helpat/o | liver |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| sial/o | salivary gland |
| atel/o | imperfect |
| coni/o | dust |
| embol/o | emobolus |
| home/o | sameness |
| -ole | little |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| -pnea | breathing |
| silic/o | silica |
| spir/o | to breath |
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| bronch/o or bronchi/o | bronchus |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| lob/o | lobe |
| nas/o or rhin/o | nose |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pharyng/o | pharaynx |
| pneum/o or pneumon/o | lung |
| pulm/o or pulmon/o | lung |
| trache/o | trachea |
| adrenals produce | adrenaline aka epinephrine |
| testicles produce | androgen |
| pituitary produces | ADH & GH |
| adrenals produces | cortisone |
| ovaries produces | estrogen |
| pancreas produces | insulin |
| thryoid produces | thyroxine |
| aden/o | gland |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| andr/o | male or masculine |
| gigant/o | giant |
| gonad/o | gonad |
| insulin/o | insulin |
| iod/o | iodine |
| myx/o | mucus |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroids |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| hypophys/o | pituitary gland |
| ren/o | kidney |
| thyr/o or thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| toxic/o | poison |
| -gen | beginning orign |
| -physis | growth |
| -tropic | stimulate |
| -tropin | that which stimulates |
| -uria | urine or urination |
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