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Box 4-5 Med Term All
Mosby's Essentials for Nursing Assistants 4th Edition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-,an- | without, not, lack of |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | to, toward, near |
| ante- | before, forward, in front of |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | double, two, twice |
| brady- | slow |
| circum- | around |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| de- | down, from |
| dia- | across, through, apart |
| dis- | apart, free, from |
| dys- | bad, difficult, abnormal |
| ecto- | outer, outside |
| en- | in, into, within |
| endo- | inner, inside |
| epi- | over, on, upon |
| eryth- | red |
| eu- | normal, good, well, healthy |
| ex- | out, out of, away, away from |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | excessive, too much, high |
| hypo- | under, decreased, less than normal |
| in- | in, into, within, not |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| intro- | into, within |
| leuk- | whitenon- |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | bad, illness, disease |
| meg- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one, single |
| neo- | new |
| non- | not |
| olig- | small, scant |
| para- | beside, beyond, after |
| per- | by, through |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of, prior to |
| pro- | before, in front of |
| re- | again, backward |
| retro- | backward, behind |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | under, beneath |
| super- | above, over, excess |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| trans- | across |
| uni- | one |
| abdomin(o) | abdomen |
| aden(o) | gland |
| adren(o) | adrenal gland-release hormones to reduce stress and are above the kidneys |
| angi(o) | vessel-transports blood |
| arterio | artery-carry blood away from the heart |
| athr(o) | joint |
| broncho | bronchus, bronchi |
| card, cardi(o) | heart |
| cephal(o) | head |
| chole, chol(o) | bile-dark green to yellowish brown fluid, produced by the liver |
| chondr(o) | cartilage |
| colo | colon, large intestine |
| cost(o) | rib |
| crani(o) | skull |
| cyan(o) | blue |
| cyst(o) | bladder, cyst |
| cyt(o) | cell |
| dent(o) | tooth |
| derma | skin |
| duoden(o) | duodenum-first section of the small intestine after the stomach |
| encephal(o) | brain |
| enter(o) | intestines |
| fibr(o) | fiber, fibrous |
| gastr(o) | stomach |
| gloss(o) | tounge |
| gluc(o) | sweetness, glucose |
| glyc(o) | sugar |
| gyn, gyne, gyneco | woman |
| hem, hema, hemo, hemat(o) | blood |
| hepat(o) | liver |
| hydr(o) | water |
| hyster(o) | uterus |
| ile(o), ili(o) | ileum-final section of the small intestine |
| laparo | abdomen, loin, flank |
| laryng(o) | larynx-voice box |
| lith(o) | stone |
| mamm(o) | breast, mammary gland |
| mast(o) | mammary gland, breast |
| meno | menstruation |
| my(o) | muscle |
| myel(o) | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| necro | death |
| nephr(o) | kidney |
| neur(o) | nerve |
| ocul(o) | eye |
| oophor(o) | ovary |
| opthaim(o) | eye |
| orth(o) | straight, normal, correct |
| oste(o) | bone |
| ot(o) | ear |
| ped(o) | child, foot |
| pharyng(o) | pharynx-part of the throat behind mouth and nasal cavity |
| phleb(o) | vein |
| pnea | breathing, respiration |
| pneum(o) | lung, air, gas |
| proct(o) | rectum |
| psych (o) | mind |
| pulmo | lung |
| py (o) | pus |
| rect (o) | rectum |
| rhin(o) | nose |
| salping(o) | eustachian tube, uterine tube |
| splen(o) | spleen |
| sten(o) | narrow, constriction |
| stern(o) | sternum |
| stomat(o) | mouth |
| therm(o) | heat |
| thoraco | chest |
| thromb(o) | clot, thrombus |
| thyr(o) | thyroid |
| toxic(o) | poison, poisonus |
| toxo | poison |
| trache(o) | thrachea |
| urethr(o) | urethra |
| urin(o) | urine |
| uro | urine, urinary tract, urination |
| uter(o) | uterus |
| vas(o) | blood vessel, vas deferens |
| ven(o) | vein |
| vertebr(o) | spine, vertabrae |
| -ALGIA | pain |
| -ASIS | condition, usually abnormal |
| -CELE | hernia, herniation, pouching |
| -CENTESIS | puncture and aspiration of |
| -CYTE | cell |
| -ECTASIS | dilation, stetching |
| -ECTOMY | excision, removal of |
| -EMIA | blood condition |
| -GENESIS | development, production, creation |
| -GENIC | producing, causing |
| -GRAM | record |
| -GRAPH | a diagram, a recording insturment |
| -GRAPHY | making a recording |
| -IASIS | condition of |
| -ISM | a condition |
| -ITIS | inflammation |
| -LOGY | the study of |
| -LYSIS | destruction of, decomposition |
| -MEGALY | enlargement |
| -METER | measuring insturment |
| -OMA | tumor |
| -OSIS | condition |
| -PATHY | disease |
| -PENIA | lack, deficiency |
| -PHAGIA | to eat or consume, swallowing |
| -PHASIA | speaking |
| -PHOBIA | an exaggerated fear |
| -PLASTY | surgical repair or reshaping |
| -PLEGIA | paralysis |
| -PTOSIS | falling, sagging, dropping down |
| -RRHAGE or -RRHAGIA | excessive flow |
| -rrhaphy | STICTCHING, SUTURING |
| -rrhea | profuse flow, discharge |
| -scope | examination insturment |
| -scopy | examination using a scope |
| -stasis | maintenance, maintaining a constant level |
| -stomy, -ostomy | creation of an opening |
| -tomy, -otomy | incision, cutting into |
| -uria | condition of the urine |
| supra- | above, over |
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