LPN Words Part #2 Flashcards by Rhonda Coffelt

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ech/o

A

sounding

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-ectasia or ectasis

A

stretching; dilation

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ecto-

A

situated on or outside

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-ectomy

A

excision; removal

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ectop/o

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outside the usual place

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-edema

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swelling

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electr/o

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electric

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-emesis

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vomiting

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-emia

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blood

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en-

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inside

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encephal/o

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brain

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endo-

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inside

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enter/o

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intestine; small intestine

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epi-

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above; upon

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-er

A

one who

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erythr/o

A

red

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esphag/o

A

esophagus

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esthesi/o

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feeling

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eu-

A

good; normal

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ex- or exo-

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out; without; away from

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extra-

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outside

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femor/o

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femur

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fibr/o

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fiber; fibrous

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fibrin/o

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fibrin

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fibul/o

fibula

jejun/o

jejenum

gastr/o

stomach

gen/o or -genesis

geginning; origin

ger/a or ger/o or geront/o

old; elderly

gigant/o

large

gingiv/o

gums

glomerul/o

glomerulus

gloss/o

tongue

glyc/o

sugar

gon/o

genitals; reproduction

gonad/o

gonads (ovaries or testes)

-gram

a record

-graph

to record

-graphy

process of recording

gynec/o

female

heli/o

sun

hem/a or hem/o or hemat/o

blood

hemi-

half

hepat/o

liver

hidr/o

sweat; perspiration

hist/o

tissue

home/o

constant; sameness

humer/o

humerus (upper arm bone)

hydr/o

water

hyper-

excessive; above normal

hypo-

beneath; below normal

hyster/o

uterus

-ia or -iasis

condition

-iatric

medicine

-ic

pertaining to

idio-

individual

ile/o

ileum

ili/o

ilium

immun/o

immune

in-

not; inside

infer/o

inferior; situated below

infra-

below

inter-

between

intra-

within

is/o

equal

ishi/o

ischium

-ist

one who

itis

inflammation

kerat/o

horny; hard

kinesi/o

movement

lacrim/o

tear

lact/o

milk

lapar/o

abdominal wall

laryng/o

larynx

later/o

side

-lepsy

seizure

leuk/o

white

lingu/o

tongue

lip/o

fat

lith/o or -lith

stone; calculus

-logist

one who studies

-logy

study or science of

lumb/o

lower back

lymph/o

lymph; lymphatics

lys/o

destruction; dissolving

-lysin

that which destroys

-lysis

process of destroying

-lytic

capable of destroying