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lesson 7
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
08/09/2025
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eu-
 Definition
good, normal
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hyper-
 Definition
above, excessive
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hypo-
 Definition
below, under
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oxy-
 Definition
rapid, sharp, acid
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pan-
 Definition
all, total
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para-
 Definition
around, beside, beyond, abnormal
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poly-
 Definition
many, much
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syn-
 Definition
joined together
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tetr-
 Definition
four
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tri-
 Definition
three
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-drome
 Definition
run, running together
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-ectomy
 Definition
excision
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-emia
 Definition
condition of the blood
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-ism
 Definition
state of
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-logist
 Definition
A specialist who studies and treats
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-logy
 Definition
study of
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
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-plasia
 Definition
condition of, formation, development, growth
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-tomy
 Definition
incision, cut into
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aden/o
 Definition
gland
Term
adren/o, adrenal/o
 Definition
adrenal glands
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calc/i
 Definition
calcium
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cortic/o
 Definition
cortex, outer layer of a body organ
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dips/o
 Definition
thirst
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endocrin/o
 Definition
endocrine
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glyc/o
 Definition
sugar
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home/o
 Definition
sameness
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kal/i
 Definition
potassium
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myx/o
 Definition
mucus
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natr/o
 Definition
sodium
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parathyroid/o
 Definition
parathyroid gland
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pituitar/o
 Definition
pituitary gland
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somat/o
 Definition
body
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thyr/o, throid/o
 Definition
throid gland
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a-, an-
 Definition
absence of, without
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dys-
 Definition
painful, difficult
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endo-
 Definition
within
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epi-
 Definition
above
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hyper-
 Definition
above, excessive
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hypo-
 Definition
below
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oligo-
 Definition
small amount
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par-
 Definition
near
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peri-
 Definition
surrounding
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trans-
 Definition
through, across, beyond
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andr/o
 Definition
male
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arche/o
 Definition
first, beginning
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balan/o
 Definition
glands penis
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cervic/o
 Definition
cervix
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colp/o
 Definition
vagina
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crypt/o
 Definition
hidden
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endometri/o
 Definition
endometrium
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epididym/o
 Definition
epididymis
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episi/o
 Definition
vulva
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gonad/o
 Definition
gonad
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gyn/o, gynec/o
 Definition
woman
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henat/o
 Definition
blood
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hymen/o
 Definition
hymen
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hyster/o
 Definition
uterus
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leuk/o
 Definition
white
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mamm/o, mast/o
 Definition
breast
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men/o
 Definition
menstruation
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metr/i
 Definition
uterus
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oophor/o
 Definition
ovary
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orch/o, orchi/o orchid/o
 Definition
testis, testicle
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