LPN Words Part #4 Flashcards by Rhonda Coffelt

Q

quadri-

A

four

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rach/i or rachi/o

A

spine

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radi/o

A

radius; radiant energy

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rect/o

A

rectum

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ren/o

A

kidney

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retro-

A

behind; backward

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rhin/o

A

nose

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-rrhagia

A

hemorrhage

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-rrhaphy

A

suture

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-rrhea

A

flow; discharge

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-rrhexis

A

rupture

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sacr/o

A

sacrum

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salping/o

A

uterine tubes; auditory tubes

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scapul/o

A

scapula (shoulder blade)

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schis/o or schiz/o

A

split

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scler/o

A

hard

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scop/o

A

examine; view

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-scope

A

instrument used for viewing

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-scopy

A

process of visually examining

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seb/o

A

sebum

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semi-

A

half

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seps/o

A

infection

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sept/o

A

infection; septum

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som/a or somat/o

A

body

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son/o

sound

-spasm

cramp; twitching

spermat/o

spermatozoa

spher/o

round

splen/o

spleen

spondyl/o

vertebrae (spine)

staphyl/o

cluster; uvula

-stasis

stopping; controlling

stern/o

sternum (breast bone)

steth/o

chest

stomat/o

mouth

-stomy

formation of an opening

strept/o

twisted

sub-

below; under

super/o

situated above or uppermost

super-

above

supra-

above; beyond

tachy-

fast

tars/o

tarsals; edge of eyelid

tel/e

distant

ten/o or tend/o

tendon

test/o

testes

tetra-

four

therm/o

heat

thorac/o

chest

thromb/o

clot

thym/o

thymus gland

thyr/o or thyroid/o

thyroid gland

tibi/o

tibia

tom/o

to cut

-tome

instrument used in cutting

-tomy

incision; cutting

tonsill/o

tonsils

top/o

place; position

tox/o or toxic/o

poison

trache/o

trache (windpipe)

trans-

through; across

tri-

three

trich/o

hair

-tripsy

surgical crushing

trop/o

to stimulate

troph/o or -trophy

nutrition

-tropic

capable of stimulation

-tropin

that which stimulates

uln/o

ulna

uni-

one

ur/o

urine; unrinary tract

ureter/o

ureter

urethr/o

urethra

-uria

urine or urination

vas/o

vessel; duct; vas deferens

ven/o

vein

ventr/o

ventral; belly side

ventricul/o

ventricle of brain or heart

venul/o

venule

vertebr/o

vertebrae

viscer/o

viscera

xanth/o

yellow

xer/o

dry