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MT FINAL
Nursing 2000
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Nursing
Undergraduate 2
12/05/2012

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Term
anti-
Definition
against, opposite of
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brady-
Definition
slow
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endo-
Definition
within
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epi-
Definition
upon, over, above, on top
Term
neo-
Definition
new
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pre-
Definition
to come before
Term
appendix
Definition
append/o, appendic/o
Term
life
Definition
bi/o
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heart
Definition
cardi/o
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brain, cerebrum
Definition
cerebr/o
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skin
Definition
dermat/o
Term
electricity
Definition
electr/o
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brain
Definition
encephal/o
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stomach
Definition
gastr/o
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blood
Definition
hem/o
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liver
Definition
hepat/o
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uterus
Definition
hyster/o
Term
voice box, larynx
Definition
laryng/o
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white
Definition
leuk/o
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breast
Definition
mamm/o, mast/o
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mind
Definition
ment/o, psych/o
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birth
Definition
nat/o
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nerve
Definition
neur/o
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disease
Definition
path/o
Term
rectum or anus
Definition
proct/o
Term
nose
Definition
rhin/o
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almond, tonsil
Definition
tonsill/o
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vessel
Definition
vas/o
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-ectomy
Definition
surgical excision, removal
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-emia
Definition
condition of blood
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-gram
Definition
a record or image
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-iatry
Definition
treatment, specialty
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-itis
Definition
inflammation
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-logist
Definition
one who studies
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-logy
Definition
study or science of
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-pathy
Definition
disease
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-philia
Definition
loving, affinity for
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-plasty
Definition
surgical repair
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-scope
Definition
instrument used for viewing
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a-
Definition
without, absence of
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ab-
Definition
away from
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ambi-
Definition
both
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an-
Definition
without, absence of
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ana-
Definition
up, toward
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ante-
Definition
before
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con-
Definition
with, together, or jointly
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contra-
Definition
counter or against
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dia-
Definition
through
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dys-
Definition
bad, abnormal, painful, or difficult
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ec-
Definition
outside, out
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en-
Definition
within, upon, on, over
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eu-
Definition
normal, good
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exo-
Definition
outside, away from
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infer-
Definition
below
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intra-
Definition
within
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mal-
Definition
bad
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megalo-
Definition
large, great
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meta-
Definition
after or change
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nulli-
Definition
none
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par-
Definition
alongside, abnormal
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peri-
Definition
around
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pseudo-
Definition
false
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re-
Definition
back
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sub-
Definition
under, beneath, below
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syn-
Definition
together, joined
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tachy-
Definition
rapid, fast
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trans-
Definition
through, across, or beyond
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ultra-
Definition
beyond normal
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to rub away
Definition
abras/o
Term
radiation
Definition
actin/o
Term
gland
Definition
aden/o
Term
air sac, alveolus
Definition
alveol/o
Term
anus
Definition
an/o
Term
blood vessel
Definition
angi/o
Term
crooked
Definition
ankyl/o
Term
front
Definition
anter/o
Term
joint
Definition
arthr/o, articul/o
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artrium
Definition
atri/o
Term
incomplete
Definition
atel/o
Term
fatty
Definition
ather/o
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self
Definition
aut/o
Term
urea, nitrogen
Definition
azot/o
Term
bile
Definition
bili/i
Term
germ, bud, developing cell
Definition
blast/o
Term
arm
Definition
brachi/o
Term
purse or sac, bursa
Definition
burs/o
Term
cancer
Definition
carcin/o
Term
wrist
Definition
carp/o
Term
tail
Definition
caud/o
Term
little cell
Definition
cellul/o
Term
head
Definition
cephal/o
Term
neck
Definition
cervic/o
Term
lip
Definition
cheil/o
Term
bile, gall
Definition
chol/e
Term
gallbladder
Definition
cholecyst/o
Term
common bile duct
Definition
choledoch/o
Term
gristle, cartilage
Definition
chrondr/i, chrondr/o
Term
juice
Definition
chym/o
Term
orange
Definition
cirrh/o
Term
coccidiodes immitis (fungus)
Definition
coccidioid/o
Term
knuckle or joint
Definition
condyl/o
Term
dust
Definition
coni/o
Term
crown or circle, heart
Definition
coron/o
Term
rib
Definition
cost/o
Term
skull
Definition
cran/o, crani/o
Term
hidden
Definition
crypt/o
Term
skin
Definition
cutane/o
Term
blue
Definition
cyan/o
Term
bladder, sac
Definition
cyst/o
Term
back
Definition
dors/o
Term
sound
Definition
ech/o
Term
plug
Definition
embol/o
Term
small intestine
Definition
enter/o
Term
gullet, esophagus
Definition
esophag/e, esophag/o
Term
fascia
Definition
fasci/o
Term
feces
Definition
fec/o
Term
thigh
Definition
femor/o
Term
fiber
Definition
fibr/o
Term
fibula
Definition
fibul/o
Term
flow
Definition
flux/o
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tongue
Definition
gloss/o
Term
opening into the windpipe
Definition
glott/o
Term
sweet, sugar
Definition
gluc/o
Term
buttock
Definition
glute/o
Term
sweet, sugar
Definition
glyc/o, glycos/o
Term
breath
Definition
halit/o
Term
sweat
Definition
hidr/o
Term
same
Definition
hom/o, home/o
Term
flank, hip, groin
Definition
ili/o
Term
below
Definition
infer/o
Term
groin
Definition
inguin/o
Term
haunch, hip, joint, ishchium
Definition
ischi/o
Term
hard
Definition
kerat/o
Term
ketone
Definition
ket/o, keton/o
Term
hump
Definition
kyph/o
Term
thin, lamina
Definition
lamin/o
Term
abdomen
Definition
lapar/o
Term
side
Definition
later/o
Term
tongue
Definition
lingu/o
Term
fat
Definition
lip/o
Term
stone
Definition
lith/o
Term
a rounded part, lobe
Definition
lob/o
Term
bent forward
Definition
lord/o
Term
loin, lower back
Definition
lumb/o
Term
thin, scanty
Definition
man/o
Term
opening, passage
Definition
meat/o
Term
middle
Definition
medi/o
Term
black
Definition
melan/o
Term
mucus
Definition
muc/o
Term
muscle
Definition
muscul/o
Term
fungus
Definition
myc/o
Term
bone marrow
Definition
myel/o
Term
kidney
Definition
nephr/o
Term
night
Definition
noct/o
Term
few in number
Definition
olig/o
Term
nail
Definition
onycho/o
Term
mouth
Definition
or/o
Term
appetite
Definition
orex/o
Term
tool
Definition
organ/o
Term
straight
Definition
orth/o
Term
bone
Definition
ost/o, oste/o
Term
ear
Definition
ot/o
Term
sweetbread, pancreas
Definition
pancreat/o
Term
wall
Definition
pariet/o
Term
parotid gland
Definition
parot/o
Term
chest
Definition
pector/o
Term
child
Definition
ped/o
Term
body louse
Definition
pedicul/o
Term
digestion
Definition
pept/o
Term
stone
Definition
petr/o
Term
bowl, basin
Definition
pelv/o
Term
digestion
Definition
peps/o, pept/o
Term
eat, swallow
Definition
phag/o
Term
throat, pharynx
Definition
pharyng/o
Term
vein
Definition
phleb/o
Term
growth
Definition
phys/o
Term
nature
Definition
physi/o
Term
pleura, rib
Definition
pleur/o
Term
small growth
Definition
polyp/o
Term
hole
Definition
por/o
Term
partition
Definition
phragm/o, phramat/o
Term
pleura, rib
Definition
pleur/o
Term
air, lung
Definition
pneum/o, pneumon/o
Term
protein
Definition
protein/o
Term
near
Definition
proxim/o
Term
pubis
Definition
pub/o
Term
lung
Definition
pulmon/o
Term
pus
Definition
py/o
Term
renal pelvis
Definition
pyel/o
Term
pylorus
Definition
pylor/o
Term
kidney
Definition
ren/o
Term
wrinkle
Definition
rhytid/o
Term
skeleton
Definition
sacr/o
Term
hard
Definition
scler/o
Term
curved
Definition
scoli/o
Term
sebum, oil
Definition
seb/o
Term
putrefying wall partition
Definition
sept/o
Term
saliva
Definition
sial/o
Term
cavity
Definition
sinus/o
Term
sound
Definition
son/o
Term
rip/tear
Definition
spadias/o
Term
pulse
Definition
sphygm/o
Term
pulse
Definition
sphyx/o
Term
spir/o
Definition
breathe
Term
vertebra
Definition
spondyl/o
Term
fat
Definition
steat/o
Term
narrow
Definition
sten/o
Term
mouth
Definition
stomat/o
Term
above
Definition
super/o
Term
connect
Definition
syn/o
Term
synovial
Definition
synov/o, synovi/o
Term
plug
Definition
tampon/o
Term
tarsal bone
Definition
tars/o
Term
reaction to a stimulus
Definition
tax/o
Term
stretch, tendon
Definition
ten/o, tendon/o
Term
pressure
Definition
tens/o
Term
chest, thorax
Definition
thorac/o
Term
clot
Definition
thromb/o
Term
to cut
Definition
tom/o
Term
windpipe, trachea
Definition
trache/o
Term
hair
Definition
trich/o
Term
development
Definition
troph/o
Term
little swelling
Definition
tubercul/o
Term
vagus nerve
Definition
vag/o
Term
vessel
Definition
valvul/o
Term
dialated vein
Definition
varic/o
Term
little vessel
Definition
vascul/o
Term
vein
Definition
ven/o
Term
belly
Definition
ventr/o
Term
little belly, ventricle
Definition
ventricul/o
Term
to roll
Definition
volv/o
Term
dry
Definition
xer/o
Term
-a
Definition
singular
Term
-ad
Definition
toward
Term
-ade
Definition
process
Term
-algia
Definition
condition of pain
Term
-astenia
Definition
weakness
Term
-capnia
Definition
condition of carbon dioxide
Term
-cele
Definition
hernia, swelling, protrusion
Term
-centesis
Definition
surgical puncture
Term
-clasis
Definition
break apart
Term
-desis
Definition
surgical fixation, fusion
Term
-drome
Definition
run, running
Term
-dynia
Definition
condition of pain
Term
-ectasis
Definition
expansion, dilation
Term
-emesis
Definition
vomiting
Term
-emetic
Definition
pertaining to vomiting
Term
-genesis
Definition
origin, cause
Term
-genic
Definition
pertaining to producing, forming
Term
-graphy
Definition
recording process
Term
-hemia
Definition
condition of blood
Term
-ion
Definition
process
Term
-ism
Definition
condition or disease
Term
-ist
Definition
one who specializes
Term
-lysis
Definition
loosen, dissolve
Term
-lytic
Definition
pertaining to loosen, dissolve
Term
-malasia
Definition
softening
Term
-megaly
Definition
abnormally large
Term
-meter
Definition
measure, meaning instrument
Term
-metry
Definition
measurement, process of measuring
Term
-oid
Definition
resembling
Term
-oma
Definition
tumor
Term
-opsy
Definition
view of
Term
-osis
Definition
condition of
Term
-oxia
Definition
condition of oxygen
Term
-penia
Definition
abnormal reduction in number, deficiency
Term
-pexy
Definition
surgical fixation, suspension
Term
-phylaxis
Definition
protection
Term
-phonia
Definition
condition of sound or voice
Term
-plasia
Definition
formation, growth
Term
-plegia
Definition
paralysis
Term
-pnea
Definition
breath
Term
-ptosis
Definition
drooping
Term
-ptysis
Definition
to cough up
Term
-rrhagia
Definition
abnormal discharge
Term
-rrhaphy
Definition
suturing
Term
-rrhea
Definition
discharge
Term
-rrhexis
Definition
rupture
Term
-scopy
Definition
process of viewing
Term
-sis
Definition
state of
Term
-spasm
Definition
sudden involuntary muscle contraction
Term
-spasmodic
Definition
pertaining to sudden, involuntary muscle contraction
Term
standing still
Definition
-statis
Term
-staxis
Definition
dripping
Term
-stomy
Definition
surgical creation of an opening
Term
-tome
Definition
cutting instrument
Term
-tomy
Definition
incision, to cut
Term
-tripsy
Definition
surgical crushing
Term
-uresis
Definition
urination
Term
-y
Definition
process of
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