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Chabner
Chabner ch. 4
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Nursing
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10/31/2011
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abomin/o
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abdomen
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an/o
 Definition
anus
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bi/o
 Definition
life
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cardi/o
 Definition
heart
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carp/o
 Definition
carpals (wrist bones)
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cis/o
 Definition
to cut
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cost/o
 Definition
ribs
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crani/o
 Definition
skull
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cutane/o
 Definition
skin
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dur/o
 Definition
dura mater
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gen/o
 Definition
to produce, to begin
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glyc/o
 Definition
sugar
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hemat/o
 Definition
blood
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later/o
 Definition
side
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men/o
 Definition
menses
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nat/i
 Definition
birth
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neur/o
 Definition
nerve
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norm/o
 Definition
rule, order
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oste/o
 Definition
bone
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peritone/o
 Definition
peritoneum
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plas/o
 Definition
formation, growth, development
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ren/o
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kidney
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scapul/o
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scapula
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son/o
 Definition
sound
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thyroid/o
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thyroid gland
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top/o
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to put, place, position
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troph/o
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development, nourishment
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urethr/o
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urethra
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uter/o
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uterus
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ven/o
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vein
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vertebr/o
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vertebra
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-al
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pertaining to
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-ation
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process, condition
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-cision
 Definition
process of cutting
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-crine
 Definition
secretion
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-dipsia
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thirst
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-emia
 Definition
blood condition
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-gen
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to produce
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-ia
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condition
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-ine
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pertaining to
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-ism
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condition, process
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-lapse
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to fall, slide
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-lysis
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loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction
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-meter
 Definition
to measure
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-mission
 Definition
to send
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-mortem
 Definition
death
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-oma
 Definition
tumor, mass
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-ous
 Definition
pertaining to
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-partum
 Definition
birth
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-pathy
 Definition
disease condition
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-phagia
 Definition
to eat, swallow
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-phasia
 Definition
to speak
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-plasm
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formation
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-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
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-pnea
 Definition
breathing
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-rrhea
 Definition
flow, discharge
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-scopy
 Definition
process of visual examination
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-section
 Definition
to cut
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-stasis
 Definition
to stand, place, stop, control
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-tension
 Definition
pressure
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-thesis
 Definition
to put, place (state of putting or placing)
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-tic
 Definition
pertaining to
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-trophy
 Definition
nourishment, development
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-um
 Definition
structure
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-uria
 Definition
urine condition
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-y
 Definition
process, condition
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a-, an-
 Definition
no, not, without
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ab-
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away from
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ad-
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toward, near
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ana-
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up, apart
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ante-
 Definition
before, forward
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anti-
 Definition
against
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bi-
 Definition
two
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brady-
 Definition
slow
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con-
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with, together
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dia-
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complete, through
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dys-
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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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ec-
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out, outside
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endo-
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witin, in, inner
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epi-
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above, upon
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ex-
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out
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extra-
 Definition
outside of
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hemi-
 Definition
half
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hyper-
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excessive, to much, above
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hypo-
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deficient, too little, below
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in-
 Definition
in, into
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inter-
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between
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intra-
 Definition
within
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mal-
 Definition
bad
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meta-
 Definition
change, beyond
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neo-
 Definition
new
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para-
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beside, near, along the side of
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peri-
 Definition
surrounding
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poly-
 Definition
many, much
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post-
 Definition
after, behind
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pre-
 Definition
before
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pro-
 Definition
before, forward
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pros-
 Definition
before, forward
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quandri-
 Definition
four
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re-
 Definition
back, behind
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retro-
 Definition
back, behind
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sub-
 Definition
under, less than
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syn-
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with, together
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tachy-
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fast
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trans-
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across, through
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tri-
 Definition
three
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ultra-
 Definition
beyond
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uni-
 Definition
one
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