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Drug classification Terms
suffix and prefixes
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Medical
11th Grade
05/24/2011

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Term
Enter
Definition
small intestine
Term
Gastr
Definition
stomache
Term
Nephr
Definition
kidney the noun ex. nephritis
Term
renan
Definition
kidney adj renalartery
Term
phleb
Definition
vain with IV
Term
Vas
Definition
blood vessels
Term
Ven
Definition
Vain
Term
Cardi
Definition
heart
Term
pulm
Definition
lung
Term
encephal
Definition
brain
Term
col
Definition
large intestine
Term
Cyst
Definition
bladder
Term
cholecyst
Definition
gall bladder
Term
itis
Definition
imfamation
Term
emia
Definition
in the blood
Term
anti
Definition
against
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dilate
Definition
stretches the internal diameter of a tube (blood vessel) and lowers Blood pressuremaking it fatter
Term
constrict
Definition
squeezes the internal diameter of a tube (blood vessel) and raising Blood pressuremaking it thinner
Term
toxic
Definition
poisonous, damaging
Term
hyper
Definition
high
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hypo
Definition
low
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kal
Definition
potassium K+
Term
natr
Definition
sodium NA+
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vol
Definition
volume (hypovolemia)-low blood volume
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thromb
Definition
clot attatched to vein
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embol
Definition
blood clot breaks free and floats in the blood stream and clogged a small vessel of a major organ causing cell death. (pulmonary embolism, strokes MI heart attack)
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