LPN Words Part #3 Flashcards by Rhonda Coffelt

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macr/o

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large

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mal-

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bad

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malac/o

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soft; softening

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-malacia

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softening

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mamm/o

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breast

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-mania

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excessive preoccupation

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mast/o

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breast

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medi/o

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middle

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-megaly

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enlargement

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melan/o

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black

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men/o

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month

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mening/o

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meninges

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ment/o

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mind

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meta-

A

change; next in a series

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metr/o

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measure; uterine tissue

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-meter

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instrument used to measure

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-metry

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process of measuring

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micro-

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small

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morph/o

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form; shape

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muc/o

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mucus

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multi-

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many

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muscul/o or my/o

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muscle

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myc/o

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fungus

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myel/o

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bone marrow; spinal cord

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narc/o

sleep

nas/o

nose

nat/i

birth

necr/o

death

neo-

new

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

norm/o

normal

nucle/o

nucleus

nulli-

none

o/o

egg

ocul/o

eye

odont/o

teeth

-oid

resembling

-ole

small

oligo-

few

-oma

tumor

omphal/o

umbilicus (navel)

onc/o

tumor

onych/o

nail

oophor/o

ovary

ophthalm/o

eye

-opia or opt/o or optic/o

vision

or/o

mouth

orhi/o or orchid/o

testis

orth/o

straight

-ose

sugar

-osis

condition; disease; increase

oste/0

bone

ot/o

ear

ox/o

oxygen

pancreat/o

pancreas

par- or para-

near; beside; abnormal

-para

woman who has given birth

par/o

to give birth

patell/o

patella (kneecap)

path/o or -pathy

disease

ped/o

child; foot

pelv/i

pelvis

-penia

deficient; decreased

-pepsia

digestion

peri-

around

pex/o or -pexy

surgical fixation

phag/o

eat; ingest

phalang/o

phalanges (finger and toe bones)

pharmac/o

drugs; medicine

pharyng/o

throat; pharynx

phas/o

speech

phleb/o

vein

-phobia

abnormal fear

phon/o

voice

phot/o

light

phren/o

diaphragm; mind

-phylaxis

protection

physi/o

nature

-physis

growth

pituitari/o

pituitary

plas/o or -plasis

formation; development

plast/o

repair

-plasty

surgical repair

pleg/o or -plegia

paralysis

pleur/o

pleura

-pnea

breathing

pneum/o

air; lung

pneumon/o

lung

pod/o

foot

-poiesis

production

poly-

many

post-

after; behind

poster/o

behind

pre-

before

primi-

first

pro-

before; for

proct/o

anus; rectum

prostat/o

prostate gland

proxim/o

near

pseud/o

false

psych/o

mind

-ptosis

sag; prolapse

-ptysis

spitting

pub/o

pubis

pulm/o or pulmon/o

lungs

py/o

pus

pyel/o

renal pelvis