LPN Words FINAL Flashcards by Rhonda Coffelt

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a-

A

no; not; without

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-ac

A

pertaining to

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alb/o

A

white

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albin/o

A

white

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algesi/o

A

sensitivity to pain

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-algia

A

pain

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ante-

A

before

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anti-

A

against

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arthr/o

A

joint

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aut/o

A

self

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audi/o

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hearing

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bi-

A

two

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bi/o

A

life; living

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brady-

A

slow

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bronch/o or bronchi/o

A

bronchi

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cardi/o

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heart

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-centesis

A

surgical puncture

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contra-

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against

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-crine

A

secrete

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cyan/o

A

blue

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-cyte

A

cell

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di-

A

twice; two

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dys-

A

bad; difficult

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-edema

A

swelling

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electr/o

electric

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

blood

endo-

inside

gastr/o

stomach

ger/a or ger/o or geront/o

old; elderly

gingiv/o

gums

glyc/o

sugar

-graph

instrument for recording

gynec/o

female

hem/a or hem/o or hemat/o

blood

hemi-

half

hepat/o

liver

hist/o

tissue

hyper-

excessive; above normal

hypo-

beneath; below normal

-ia or -iasis

condition

idio-

individual

infra-

below

inter-

between

intra-

within

-itis

inflammation

lacrim/o

tear

lact/o

milk

lapar/o

abdominal wall

laryng/o

larynx

later/o

side

-logist

one who studies

-logy

study or science of

-lysin

that which destroys

-lysis

process of destroying

macr/o

large

mamm/o

breast

mast/o

breast

melan/o

black

ment/o

mind

micro-

small

muscul/o or my/o

muscle

narc/o

sleep

nas/o

nose

necr/o

death

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

nulli-

none

oligo-

few

-oma

tumor

omphal/o

umbilicus (navel)

-osis

condition; disease; increase

oste/0

bone

-para

woman who has given birth

par/o

to give birth

path/o or -pathy

disease

-penia

deficient; decreased

-pepsia

digestion

peri-

around

phleb/o

vein

-phobia

abnormal fear

-phylaxis

protection

pleg/o or -plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing

-poeisis

production

primi-

first

pseud/o

FALSE

pyel/o

renal pelvis

retro-

behind; backward

rhin/o

nose

-rrhagia

hemorrhage

-rrhea

flow; discharge

salping/o

uterine tubes; auditory tubes

-scopy

process of visually examining

seps/o

infection

-spasm

cramp; twitching

-stasis

stopping; controlling

-stomy

formation of an opening

supra-

above; beyond

tachy-

fast

tetra-

four

thromb/o

clot

trans-

through; across

tri-

three

uni-

one

-uria

urine or urination

ven/o

vein

ventr/o

ventral; belly side