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Nursing Stack 3
Erwin A&P - Murphy Med Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | without, lack of, not |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ante- | before |
| anti-, contra- | against, opposite |
| auto- | self |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | difficult, painful, bad |
| enod-, intra- | within, inside |
| epi- | upon, outer, on top |
| eu- | normal, well, easy, good |
| ex-, ec-, ecto- | out, outside |
| hemi-, semi- | half |
| hyper- | above, above normal |
| hypo-, sub- | below, below normal |
| inter- | between |
| mal- | bad |
| micro- | tiny, too small to see w/naked eye |
| macro- | large |
| nulli- | none |
| olig- | scanty, few, light, low |
| pan- | all, complete |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around, surrounding |
| poly-, multi- | many, much, excessive |
| post- | after (as in time), behind (as in location) |
| pro- | before, foreward, first |
| retro- | back, behind |
| tachy- | fast, repid |
| trans- | across, through |
| -dynia, -algia | pain |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | sergical removal, excision |
| -emia` | blood condition |
| -gram | record (e-ray, graph-, EKG or ECG, etc...) |
| -graph | machine used to record |
| -graphy | process of recording or making a record |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, seperation |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, collection of fluid |
| -pathy | disease; dz |
| -pexy | sergical fination, putting something where it belongs |
| -plasty | sergical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathe, breathing |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | heavy bleeding |
| -rrhaphy | suture, stitch |
| -rrhexis | rupture, burst |
| -scalerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -scope | instrament for viewing/exam |
| -scopy | process of using scope |
| -stomy | artificial mouth or opening |
| -therapy | treatment, tx |
| -tomy | to cut into, sergical incision |
| -trophy | growth, development |
| -uria | urine condition |