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(128 cards)
1
Q
a, an-
A
not, without
2
Q
-apheresis
A
removal
3
Q
-blast
A
building cell
4
Q
-crit
A
separate
5
Q
-cyte
A
cell
6
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
7
Q
-fuge
A
separating
8
Q
- gen
- genesis
A
production or growth
9
Q
hyper-
A
above, more than normal
10
Q
-ic
A
pertaining
11
Q
-lysis
A
break down, destruction
12
Q
mega-
A
large
13
Q
meta-
A
beyond, change
14
Q
-ologist
A
specialist
15
Q
-ology
A
study of
16
Q
-oma
A
tumor
17
Q
-osis
A
condition of
18
Q
-penia
A
deficiency, lack
19
Q
-phage
A
eating
20
Q
-philia
A
love, affinity
21
Q
-poiesis
A
development
22
Q
poly-
A
many
23
Q
-rrhage
A
bursting forth, flowing
24
Q
-stasis
A
stop, standing still
25
angi/o
vessel
26
azot/o
nitrogen
27
calc/i
lime, stone, calcium
28
carcin/o
cancer
29
cyt/o
cell
30
erythr/o
red
31
hem/o
| hemat/o
blood
32
kary/o
body, nucleus
33
leuk/o
white
34
lymph/o
lymph tissue
35
mon/o
one, single
36
onc/o
mass, tumor
37
phag/o
eating
38
plasma
liquid portion of blood
39
phleb/o
vein
40
reticul/o
net
41
sanguin/o
blood
42
sepsis
infection
43
septic
pathogenic
44
thromb/o
clot
45
- ac
- ar
- ary
- al
pertaining to
46
bi-
2
47
brady-
slow
48
-dynia
pain
49
endo-
in, within
50
epi-
on, upon
51
-graph
instrument that records
52
-graphy
process of making a picture
53
hyper-
above
54
hypo-
below, less than normal
55
-ial
condition of
56
-ic
pertaining to
57
in-
in, within
58
inter-
between
59
-ium
pertaining to, structure
60
-megaly
enlargement
61
-meter
to measure
62
-ole
small
63
-ostomy
surgical creation of an opening
64
-otomy
incision, cut into
65
-pathy
disease
66
peri-
around, surrounding
67
-rrhexis
rupture, burst
68
tachy-
fast, rapid
69
tri
three
70
angi/o
vessel
71
aort/o
aorta
72
arteri/o
artery
73
ather/o
fatty plaque
74
atri/o
atrium, chamber
75
cardi/o
heart
76
ech/o
reflected sound
77
electr/o
electricity
78
ischemia
deficiency, blockage of blood supply
79
my/o
muscle
80
phleb/o
vein
81
scler/o
hardening
82
sept/o
septum, dividing wall
83
sphygm/o
pulse
84
steth/o
chest
85
tension
pressure, stretching
86
vas/o
vessel, duct
87
vein/o
vein
88
ventricle
pumping chamber of the heart
89
CA
cancer
90
CBC
complete blood count
91
Hct
hematocrit
92
Hgb/HB
hemoglobin
93
NCR
No cardiac recessitation
94
NS
normal saline
95
RBC
red blood count- 5,000,000
96
TPR
temperature, pulse, respiration
97
WBC
White blood count
| -10,000
98
platelets count
300,000
99
-lytic
reduce
100
av/AV/A-V
atrioventricular
101
BP
blood pressure
102
CHF
congestive heart failure
103
COPD
Cronin obstructive pulmonary disease
104
CPR
cardio pulmonary recessitaion
105
DNR
do not recessitate
106
DOA
dead on arrival
107
DVT
deep vein thrombosis
108
ECG/EKG
electrocardiogram
109
HR
heart rate
110
IV
intravenous
111
MI
myocardium infarction
112
P
pulse
113
RRR
regular rate and rhythm
114
SA
sinoatrial
115
VS
vital signs
116
VSS
vital signs stable
117
valvo/o
valve
118
isch/o
hold back
119
-stenosis
tightening
120
-rrhaphy
structure
121
coron/o
blood vessels
122
spleen/o
spleen
123
therm/o
heat
124
-ectomy
surgical removal
125
-sclerosis
tissue hardening
126
-megaly
enlargement
127
-spasm
contraction of muscles
128
-tension
pressure
