NURSING ROLES MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY CH 1, 3 & 4

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  1. A, AN
    NO, NOT
  2. AB
    AWAY FROM
  3. ABDOMIN/O
    ABDOMEN
  4. AC
    PERTAINING TO
  5. AD
    TOWARD, NEAR
  6. ADEN/O
    GLAND
  7. AL
    PERTAINING TO
  8. ALGIA
    PAIN
  9. AMNI/O
    AMNION (SAC OF FLUID SURROUNDING THE EMBRO)
  10. NA/O
    ANUS (OPENING OF THE DIGESTRIVE TRACT TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY)
  11. ANA
    UP, APART
  12. ANGI/O
    VESSEL (USUALLY A BLOOD VESSEL)
  13. ANTE
    BEFORE, FORWARD
  14. ANTER/O
    FRONT
  15. ANTI
    AGAINST
  16. AR
    PERTAINING TO
  17. ARTERI/O
    ARTERY
  18. ARTHRO/O
    JOINT
  19. ARY
    PERTAINING TO
  20. ATHER/O
    PLAQUE (A YELLOW, FATTY MATERIAL)
  21. ATION
    PROCESS, CONDITION
  22. AUT
    SELF
  23. AXILL/O
    ARMPIT (UNDERARM)
  24. BI/O
    LIFE
  25. BRADY
    SLOW
  26. BRONCH/O
    BRONCHIAL TUBE
  27. BRONCHI/O
    BRONCHIAL TUBE
  28. CARCIN/O
    CANCEROUS
  29. CARDI/O
    HEART
  30. CARP/O
    CARPALS (WRIST BONES)
  31. CENTESIS
    SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID
  32. CEPHAL/O
    HEAD
  33. CEREBR/O
    CEREBRUM, LARGEST PART OF THE BRAIN
  34. CERVIC/O
    NECK OF THE BODY OR NECK OF THE UTERUS
  35. CHEM/O
    DRUG; ALSO CHEMICAL
  36. CHOLECYST/O
    GALLBLADDER
  37. CHRON/O
    TIME
  38. CHONDRO/O
    CARTILAGE
  39. CIS/O
    TO CUT
  40. CISION
    PROCESS OF CUTTING
  41. COCCYG/O
    COCCYX, TAILBONE
  42. COL/O
    COLON (LARGE INTESTINE OR BOWEL)
  43. CON
    WITH, TOGETHER
  44. COST/O
    RIBS
  45. CRANI/O
    SKULL
  46. CRINE
    SECRETION
  47. CRY/O
    COLD
  48. CUTANE/O
    SKIN
  49. CYST/O
    URINARY BLADDER; ALSO A SAC OF FLUID OR A CYST
  50. CYT/O
    CELL
  51. DERM/O
    SKIN
  52. DERMAT/O
    SKIN
  53. DIA
    COMPLETE
  54. DIPSIA
    THIRST
  55. DYS
    BAD, PAINFUL, DIFFICULT, ABNORMAL
  56. DUR/O
    DURA MATER (OUTERMOST MENINGEAL MEMBRANE SURROUNDING THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD)
  57. EAL
    PERTAINING TO
  58. ECTO
    OUT, OUTSIDE
  59. ECTOMY
    CUTTING OUT; REMOVAL, EXCISION, RESECTION
  60. ELECTR/O
    ELECTRICITY
  61. EMIA
    BLOOD CONDITION
  62. ENCEPHAL/O
    BRAIN
  63. ENDO
    WITHIN, INNER
  64. ENTER
    INTESTINES
  65. EPI
    UPON, ABOVE
  66. EPITHELI/O
    SKIN, SURFACE TISSUE
  67. ERYTHRO/O
    RED
  68. ESOPHAG/O
    ESOPHAGUS (TUBE LEADING FROM THE THROAT TO THE STOMACH
  69. EXO
    OUT
  70. EXTRA
    OUTSIDE OF
  71. GASTR/O
    STOMACH
  72. GEN/O
    TO PRODUCE, TO BEGIN
  73. GLOBIN
    PROTIEN
  74. GLYC/O
    SUGAR
  75. GNOS
    KNOWLEDGE
  76. GRAM
    RECORD OF
  77. GRAPHY
    PROCESS OF RECORDING
  78. GYNEC/O
    WOMAN, FEMALE
  79. HEM/O
    BLOOD
  80. HEMAT/O
  81. HEMI
    HALF
  82. HEPAT/O
    LIVER
  83. HYPER
    EXCESSIVE, MORE THAN NORMAL, TOO MUCH
  84. HYPO
    BELOW, LESS THAN NORMAL, UNDER
  85. HYSTER/O
    UTERUS
  86. IA
    CONDITION
  87. IC
    PERTAINING TO
  88. IN
    IN, INTO
  89. INE
    PERTAINING TO
  90. INGUIN/O
    GROIN (AREA IN WHICH THE THIGH MEETS THE TRUNK OF THE BODY
  91. INTER
    BETWEEN
  92. INTRA
    WITHIN, INNER
  93. ISCH/O
    TO HOLD BACK
  94. ISM
    CONDITION, PROCESS
  95. IST
    SPECIALIST
  96. ITIS
    INFLAMMATION
  97. LAPAR/O
    ABDOMEN
  98. LAPSE
    TO FALL, SLIDE
  99. LARYNG/O
    VOICE BOX
  100. LATER/O
    SIDE
  101. LEUK/O
    WHITE
  102. LOGIST
    SPECIALIST IN THE STUDY OF
  103. LOGY
    STUDY OF
  104. LUMB/O
    LOIN (WAIST)
  105. LYMPH/O
    LYMPH (CLEAR FLUID IN TISSUE SPACES AND LYMPH VESSELS)
  106. LYSIS
    LOOSENING, BREAKDOWN, SEPERATION, DESTRUCTION
  107. MAL
    BAD
  108. MAMM/O
    BREAST (USE WITH ARY, GRAPHY, GRAM, AND PLASTY)
  109. MAST/O
    BREAST (USE WITH ECTOMY AND ITIS)
  110. MEGALY
    ENLARGEMENT
  111. MEIASTIN/O
    MEDIASTINUM (SPACE BETWEEN THE LUNGS)
  112. MEN/O
    MENSES (MENSTRATION ); MONTH
  113. MENING/O
    MENINGES (MEMBRANES AROUND THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD)
  114. META
    CHANGE, BEYOND
  115. METER
    TO MEASURE
  116. MISSION
    TO SEND
  117. MORTEM
    DEATH
  118. MY/O
    MUSCLE
  119. MYEL/O
    SPINAL CORD (NERVOUS TISSUE CONNECTED TO THE BRAIN, LOCATED WITHIN THE SPINAL COLUMN.  MYEL/O CAN ALSO MEAN BONE MARROW.  SOFT INNER PART OF BONES, WHERE BLOOD CELLS ARE MADE)
  120. NAT/I
    BIRTH
  121. NECR/O
    DEATH (OF CELLS)
  122. NEO
    NEW
  123. NEPHR/O
    KIDNEY (USE WITH ALL SUFFIXES, EXCEPT AL AND GRAM; USE REN/O WITH AL AND GRAM)
  124. NEUR/O
    NERVE
  125. NORM/O
    RULE, ORDER
  126. OMA
    TUMOR, MASS
  127. ONC
    TUMOR, MASS
  128. OOPHOR/O
    OVARY
  129. OPHTHALM/O
    EYE
  130. OPSY
    TO VIEW
  131. OSIS
    ABNORMAL CONDITION
  132. OSTE/O
    BONE
  133. OT/O
    EAR
  134. OUS
    PERTAINING TO
  135. PARA
    BESIDE, NEAR, ALONG THE SIDE OF
  136. PARTUM
    BIRTH
  137. PATH/O
    DISEASE CONDITION
  138. PATHY
    DISEASE CONDITION
  139. PELV/O
    HIP AREA
  140. PERI
    SURROUNDING
  141. PERITONE/O
    PERITONEUM (MEMBRANE SURROUNDING ORGANS IN THE ABDOMEN)
  142. PHAGIA
    EATING
  143. PHARYNX
    THROAT
  144. PHASIA
    SPEECH
  145. PHLEB/O
    VEIN
  146. POLY
    MANY, MUCH
  147. PLAS/O
    FORMATION, GROWTH, DEVELOPEMENT
  148. PLASIA
    FORMATION (CONDITION)
  149. PLASM
    FORMATION (TISSUE)
  150. PLASTY
    SURGICAL REPAIR; OR SURGICAL CORRECTION
  151. PLEUR/O
    PLEURA
  152. PLASTY
    SURGICAL REPAIR; OR SURGICAL CORRECTION
  153. PLEUR/O
    PLEURA
  154. PLEGIA
    PARALYSIS
  155. PNEA
    BREATHING
  156. PNEUMON/O
    LUNG
  157. POST
    AFTER, BEHIND
  158. POSTER/O
    BACK, BEHIND
  159. PRE
    BEFORE
  160. PRO
    BEFORE, FORWARD
  161. PROS
    BEFORE, FORWARD
  162. PSYCHO/O
    MIND
  163. PULMON/O
    LUNG
  164. QUADRI
    FOUR
  165. RADI/O
    X-RAYS
  166. RE
    BACK, BEHIND
  167. REN/O
    KIDNEY (USE WITH AL AND GRAM)
  168. RETRO
    BEHIND
  169. RHIN/O
    NOSE
  170. RRHEA
    FLOW, DISCHARGE
  171. RRHAGE OR RRHAGIA
    EXCESSIVE DISCHARGE OF BLOOD
  172. SACR/O
    SACRUM (FIVE FUSED BONES IN THE LOWER BACK)
  173. SALPING/O
    FALLOPIAN (UTERINE) TUBE
  174. SARC/O
    FLESH
  175. SCAPAL/O
    SCAPULA (SHOULDER BLADE)
  176. SCLEROSIS
    HARDENING
  177. SCOPE
    INSTRUMENT TO VISUALLY EXAMINE
  178. SCOPY
    PROCESS OF VISUAL EXAMINATION
  179. SECTION
    TO CUT
  180. SEPTIC/O
    PERTAINING TO INFECTION
  181. SIS
    STATE OF
  182. SON/O
    SOUND
  183. SPIN/O
    SPINE
  184. STASIS
    TO STAND, PLACE, STOP, CONTROL
  185. STOMY
    OPENING
  186. SUB
    BELOW, UNDER
  187. SYN
    WITH, TOGETHER
  188. TACHY
    FAST
  189. TENSION
    PRESSURE
  190. THELI/O
    NIPPLE
  191. THERAPY
    TREATMENT
  192. THESIS
    TO PUT, PLACE (STATE OF PUTTING OR PLACING)
  193. THORAC/O
    CHEST
  194. THROMB/O
    CLOTTING
  195. THYROID/O
    THYROID GLAND
  196. TIC
    PERTAINING TO
  197. TOMY
    CUTTING INTO
  198. TONSILL/O
    TONSIL
  199. TOP/O
    TO PUT, PLACE, POSITION
  200. TRACHE/O
    TRACHEA (WINDPIPE)
  201. ULTRA
    BEYOND
  202. UM
    STRUCTURE
  203. UNI
    ONE
  204. UR/O
    URINE OR UREA (A WASTE MATERIAL); URINARY TRACT
  205. URETHR/O
    URETHRA (TUBE LEADING FROM THE BLADDER TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BODY)
  206. URIA
    URINE CONDITION
  207. UTER/O
    UTERUS
  208. VASCUL/O
    BLOOD VESSEL
  209. VEN/O
    VEIN
  210. VERTEBR/O
    VERTEBRA (BACKBONE)
  211. Y
    PROCESS, CONDITION

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