LPN Words Part #4 Flashcards

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1
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quadri-

A

four

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rach/i or rachi/o

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spine

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3
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radi/o

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radius; radiant energy

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4
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rect/o

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rectum

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5
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ren/o

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kidney

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retro-

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behind; backward

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rhin/o

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nose

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8
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-rrhagia

A

hemorrhage

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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10
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-rrhea

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flow; discharge

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11
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-rrhexis

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rupture

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12
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sacr/o

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sacrum

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13
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salping/o

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uterine tubes; auditory tubes

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scapul/o

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scapula (shoulder blade)

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15
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schis/o or schiz/o

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split

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scler/o

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hard

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scop/o

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examine; view

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18
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-scope

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instrument used for viewing

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19
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-scopy

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process of visually examining

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20
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seb/o

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sebum

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21
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semi-

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half

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22
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seps/o

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infection

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23
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sept/o

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infection; septum

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som/a or somat/o

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body

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son/o
sound
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-spasm
cramp; twitching
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spermat/o
spermatozoa
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spher/o
round
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splen/o
spleen
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spondyl/o
vertebrae (spine)
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staphyl/o
cluster; uvula
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-stasis
stopping; controlling
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stern/o
sternum (breast bone)
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steth/o
chest
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stomat/o
mouth
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-stomy
formation of an opening
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strept/o
twisted
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sub-
below; under
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super/o
situated above or uppermost
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super-
above
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supra-
above; beyond
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tachy-
fast
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tars/o
tarsals; edge of eyelid
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tel/e
distant
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ten/o or tend/o
tendon
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test/o
testes
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tetra-
four
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therm/o
heat
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thorac/o
chest
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thromb/o
clot
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thym/o
thymus gland
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thyr/o or thyroid/o
thyroid gland
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tibi/o
tibia
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tom/o
to cut
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-tome
instrument used in cutting
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-tomy
incision; cutting
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tonsill/o
tonsils
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top/o
place; position
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tox/o or toxic/o
poison
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trache/o
trache (windpipe)
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trans-
through; across
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tri-
three
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trich/o
hair
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-tripsy
surgical crushing
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trop/o
to stimulate
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troph/o or -trophy
nutrition
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-tropic
capable of stimulation
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-tropin
that which stimulates
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uln/o
ulna
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uni-
one
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ur/o
urine; unrinary tract
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ureter/o
ureter
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urethr/o
urethra
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-uria
urine or urination
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vas/o
vessel; duct; vas deferens
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ven/o
vein
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ventr/o
ventral; belly side
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ventricul/o
ventricle of brain or heart
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venul/o
venule
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vertebr/o
vertebrae
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viscer/o
viscera
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xanth/o
yellow
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xer/o
dry