LPN Words Part #4 Flashcards
(83 cards)
1
Q
quadri-
A
four
2
Q
rach/i or rachi/o
A
spine
3
Q
radi/o
A
radius; radiant energy
4
Q
rect/o
A
rectum
5
Q
ren/o
A
kidney
6
Q
retro-
A
behind; backward
7
Q
rhin/o
A
nose
8
Q
-rrhagia
A
hemorrhage
9
Q
-rrhaphy
A
suture
10
Q
-rrhea
A
flow; discharge
11
Q
-rrhexis
A
rupture
12
Q
sacr/o
A
sacrum
13
Q
salping/o
A
uterine tubes; auditory tubes
14
Q
scapul/o
A
scapula (shoulder blade)
15
Q
schis/o or schiz/o
A
split
16
Q
scler/o
A
hard
17
Q
scop/o
A
examine; view
18
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-scope
A
instrument used for viewing
19
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-scopy
A
process of visually examining
20
Q
seb/o
A
sebum
21
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semi-
A
half
22
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seps/o
A
infection
23
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sept/o
A
infection; septum
24
Q
som/a or somat/o
A
body
25
son/o
sound
26
-spasm
cramp; twitching
27
spermat/o
spermatozoa
28
spher/o
round
29
splen/o
spleen
30
spondyl/o
vertebrae (spine)
31
staphyl/o
cluster; uvula
32
-stasis
stopping; controlling
33
stern/o
sternum (breast bone)
34
steth/o
chest
35
stomat/o
mouth
36
-stomy
formation of an opening
37
strept/o
twisted
38
sub-
below; under
39
super/o
situated above or uppermost
40
super-
above
41
supra-
above; beyond
42
tachy-
fast
43
tars/o
tarsals; edge of eyelid
44
tel/e
distant
45
ten/o or tend/o
tendon
46
test/o
testes
47
tetra-
four
48
therm/o
heat
49
thorac/o
chest
50
thromb/o
clot
51
thym/o
thymus gland
52
thyr/o or thyroid/o
thyroid gland
53
tibi/o
tibia
54
tom/o
to cut
55
-tome
instrument used in cutting
56
-tomy
incision; cutting
57
tonsill/o
tonsils
58
top/o
place; position
59
tox/o or toxic/o
poison
60
trache/o
trache (windpipe)
61
trans-
through; across
62
tri-
three
63
trich/o
hair
64
-tripsy
surgical crushing
65
trop/o
to stimulate
66
troph/o or -trophy
nutrition
67
-tropic
capable of stimulation
68
-tropin
that which stimulates
69
uln/o
ulna
70
uni-
one
71
ur/o
urine; unrinary tract
72
ureter/o
ureter
73
urethr/o
urethra
74
-uria
urine or urination
75
vas/o
vessel; duct; vas deferens
76
ven/o
vein
77
ventr/o
ventral; belly side
78
ventricul/o
ventricle of brain or heart
79
venul/o
venule
80
vertebr/o
vertebrae
81
viscer/o
viscera
82
xanth/o
yellow
83
xer/o
dry