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Assessment
Vocabulary Test 1
50
Nursing
Undergraduate 2
02/28/2011

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Cards

Term

 

crani/o

Definition

 

cranium

Term

 

eu

Definition

 

normal, good

Term

 

dys

Definition

 

painful, abnormal, difficult, labored

Term

 

-centesis

Definition

 

surgical puncture to aspirate fluid

Term

 

cardi/o

Definition

 

heart

Term

 

-desis

Definition

 

surgical fixation, fusion

Term

 

angio

Definition

 

vessel

Term

 

chol/e

Definition

 

gall, bile

Term

 

dors/o

Definition

 

back

Term

 

-ectomy

Definition

 

excision or surgical removal

Term

 

bi

Definition

 

two

Term

 

ather/o

Definition

 

yellowish, fatty plague

Term

 

abdomin/o

Definition

 

abdomen

Term

 

cry/o

Definition

 

cold

Term

 

dipl/o

Definition

 

two, double

Term

 

blephar/o

Definition

 

eyelid

Term

 

aut/o

Definition

 

self

Term

 

a-/an-

Definition

 

without, absence of

Term

 

-aphresis

Definition

 

removal

Term

 

fibul/o

Definition

 

fibula

Term

 

andr/o

Definition

 

male

Term

 

appendic/o

Definition

 

appendix

Term

 

-atresia

Definition
absence of normal body opening, occlusion, closure
Term

 

anter/o

Definition

 

front

Term

 

endo

Definition

 

within

Term

 

arteri/o

Definition

 

artery

Term

 

audi/o

Definition

 

hearing

Term

 

aden/o

Definition

 

gland

Term

 

-asthenia

Definition

 

weakness

Term

 

eti/o

Definition

 

cause (of disease)

Term

 

brady

Definition

 

slow

Term

 

fibr/o

Definition

 

fiber

Term

 

arthr/o

Definition

 

joint

Term

 

ante-, pre

Definition

 

before

Term

 

encephal/o

Definition

 

brain

Term

 

-ectasis

Definition

 

stretching out, dilation, expansion

Term

 

cyan/o

Definition

 

blue

Term

 

dist/o

Definition

 

away

Term

 

aort/o

Definition

 

aorta

Term

 

ech/o

Definition

 

sound

Term

 

cutaneous

Definition

 

skin

Term

 

erythr/o

Definition

 

red

Term

 

-cele

Definition

 

hernia, protrusion

Term

 

chrom/o

Definition

 

color

Term

 

ankyl/o

Definition

 

crooked, stiff, bent

Term

 

cyt/o

Definition

 

cell

Term

 

atri/o

Definition

 

atrium

Term

 

-algia

Definition

 

pain

Term

 

-emia

Definition

 

blood condition

Term

 

dips/o

Definition

 

thirst

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