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Chabner
Ch 3
82
Nursing
Undergraduate 3
10/12/2011
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Term
aden/o
 Definition
gland
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amni/o
 Definition
amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)
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angi/o
 Definition
vessel (usually a blood vessel)
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arteri/o
 Definition
artery
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arthr/o
 Definition
joint
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ather/o
 Definition
plaque (a yellow fatty material)
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axill/o
 Definition
armpit
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bronch/o

OR

bronchi/o
 Definition
bronchial tube
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carcin/o
 Definition
cancerous
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cardi/o
 Definition
heart
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chem/o
 Definition
drug; chemical
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cholecyst/o
 Definition
gallbladder
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chron/o
 Definition
time
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col/o
 Definition
colon (large intestine or bowel)
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crani/o
 Definition
skull
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cry/o
 Definition
cold
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cyst/o
 Definition
urinary bladder

OR

a sac of fluid or a cyst
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electr/o
 Definition
electricity
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encephal/o
 Definition
brain
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erythr/o
 Definition
red
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esophag/o
 Definition
esophagus (tube leading from the throat to stomach)
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hem/o

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hemat/o
 Definition
blood
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hepat/o
 Definition
liver
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hyster/o
 Definition
uterus
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inguin/o
 Definition
groin
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isch/o
 Definition
to hold back
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lapar/o
 Definition
abdomen
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laryng/o
 Definition
voice box (larynx)
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leuk/o
 Definition
white
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mamm/o
 Definition
breast (use with: -ARY, -GRAPHY, -GRAM, -PLASTY)
Term
mast/o
 Definition
breast (use with: -ECTOMY, -ITIS)
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men/o
 Definition
menses; month
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mening/o
 Definition
meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord)
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my/o
 Definition
muscle
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myel/o
 Definition
spinal cord; bone marrow
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necr/o
 Definition
death (of cells)
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nephr/o
 Definition
kidney (use with all suffixes EXCEPT: -AL & -GRAM; for these, use REN/O)
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neur/o
 Definition
nerve
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oophor/o
 Definition
ovary
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oste/o
 Definition
bone
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ot/o
 Definition
ear
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pelv/o
 Definition
hip area
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peritone/o
 Definition
peritoneum (membrane surrounding the organs in the abdominal cavity)
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phleb/o
 Definition
vein
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pneumon/o

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pulmon/o
 Definition
lung
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radi/o
 Definition
x-rays
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ren/o
 Definition
kidney (use with: -AL, -GRAM)
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rhin/o
 Definition
nose
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salping/o
 Definition
fallopian (uterine) tube
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sarc/o
 Definition
flesh
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sarc/o
 Definition
flesh
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septic/o
 Definition
pertaining to infection
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thorac/o
 Definition
chest
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tonsill/o
 Definition
tonsil
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trache/o
 Definition
windpipe; trachea
Term
ur/o
 Definition
urine or urea (waste material); urinary tract
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vascul/o
 Definition
blood vessel
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-algia
 Definition
condition of pain; pain
Term
-emia
 Definition
blood condition
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-ia
 Definition
condition
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-oma
 Definition
tumor; mass
Term
-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
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-pathy
 Definition
disease condition
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-rrhea
 Definition
flow; discharge
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-rrhage

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-rrhagia
 Definition
excessive discharge of blood
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-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening
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-uria
 Definition
condition of urine
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-al
-eal
-ar
-ary
-ic
 Definition
pertaining to
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to remove fluid
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
removal, resection, excision
Term
-gram
 Definition
record
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-lysis
 Definition
separation, breakdown, destruction
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair; surgical correction
Term
-scopy
 Definition
process of visual examination
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-stomy
 Definition
opening
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-therapy
 Definition
treatment
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-tomy
 Definition
incision, to cut into
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-osis
 Definition
condition, abnormal condition
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-pathy
 Definition
disease condition
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