Unit 3 Flashcards by Chelsea Packard

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Agles/ i

A

Sensitivity to pain

Noun: algesia

Adjective: algesic

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Angi/o or vas/o

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Vessel

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Arteri/o

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Artery

Noun: artery

Adjective: arterial

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Col/o or colon/o

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Large intestine

Noun: colon

Adjective: colic/ colonic

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Crypt/o

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Hidden

Noun: crypt

Adjective: cryptic

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Enter/ o

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Small intestine

Adjective: enteric

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Esophag/ o

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Esophagus

Noun: esophagus

Adjective: esophageal

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Esthesi/ o

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Feeling, sensation

Noun: esthesia

Adjective: esthetic

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Gingiv/ o

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Gums

Noun: gingiva

Adjective: gingival

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Gloss/ o or lingu/ o

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Tongue

Noun: glossa

Adjective: glossal, lingual

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Gynec/ o

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Woman or women

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Hem/ o or hemat/ o

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Blood

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Hepat/ o

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Liver

Adjective: hepatic

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Hyster/ o or uter/ o

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Uterus

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Kinesi/ o

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Movement, motion

Noun: kinesia

Adjective: kinesic

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Mast/ o or mamm/ o

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Breast

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My/ o

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Muscle

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Nephr/ o

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Kidney

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Neur/ o

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Nerve

Noun: neural

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Olig/ o

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Small amount

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Oophor/ o

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Ovary

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Orchid/ o or
Orch/ o or
Orchi/ o

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Testicle

Noun: orchid

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Pancreat/ o

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Pancreas

Noun: pancreas

Adjective: pancreatic

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Phleb/ o Or ven/ o

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Vein

Adjective: venous

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Pneum/ o

Air

Pneumon/ o

Lung

Pyel/ o

Renal pelvis

Rect/ o

Rectum Noun: rectum Adjective: rectal

Salping/ o

Fallopian tube

Scler/ o

Hardening, hard

Splen/ o

Spleen Noun: spleen Adjective: splenic

Stomat/ o

Mouth

Ureter/ o

Ureter Noun: ureter Adjective: ureteral

Urethr/ o

Urethra Noun: urethra Adjective: urethral

Ur/ o

urine Noun: uria Adjective: Uric

A or an (P)

Without

Para (P)

Around, adjacent, near, beside, beyond, close, abnormal

Ectasia, ectasis (S)

Stretching or Dilation

Lysis (S)

Breakdown, destruction

Pexy (S)

Surgical fixation

Phasia (S)

Speech

Ptosis (S)

Downward displacement, prolapse

Orrhagia

Hemorrhage

Orrhaphy

Suturing, stitching

Scope

Instrument to examine

Scopy

Process of examination

T or temp

Temperature

TLC

Total lung capacity or tender love and care

TO

Telephone order

tol

Tolerated

TPR

Temperature, pulse, and respiration

trach

Tracheostomy

tsp

Teaspoon

TURP

Transurethral resection of prostate

Tx

Treatment

U/A

Urinalysis

UGI

Upper gastrointestinal

URI

Upper respiratory infection

UTI

Urinary tract infection

vag

Vaginal or vagina

VD

Venereal disease

vent

Ventilator

VO

Verbal order

VNA

Visiting Nurses Association

VS

Viral signs

WA

While awake

WBC

White blood cell

WC or w/c

Wheelchair

W/F

White female

wk

week

W/M

White male

wt

Weight

y/o

Years old