Nursing 233 SLU Madrid
Terms
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a/an
anemia - without/ lack of
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ab
abduct - away from
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ad
adrenal - toward/near
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ambi
ambidextrous - both
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ante
antecubital - before/in front of
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bi
bilateral - two
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brady
bradycardia - slow
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circum
circumoral - around
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co/com
commissure - with/together
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contra
contralateral - opposed
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de
dehydrate - down, from
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dys
dyspnea - difficult, bad, painful
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ecto
ectoderm - outside
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endo
endocranial - within/inner
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epi
epidermis - upon, on, over
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ery/erythro
erythrocyte - red
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eu
euphoria - good, normal, healthy
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hemi
hemiplegia - half
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hyper
hyperactive - excessive, beyond
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hypo
hypothyroid - under, deficient
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im
implant - into
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infra
infrarenal - below
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inter
intercostal - between
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intra/intro
intrathoracic - withing
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macro
macrocytic - large
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meta
metachrosis - change
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micro
microbe - small
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oligo
oilguria - small, few
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pan
pandemic - entire, all
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para
paracardiac - beside
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peri
periosteum - around
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poly
polycystic - many
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post
postoperative - after
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pre
preop - before
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pseudo
pseudocyst - false
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quad
quadriplegia - one-fourth
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retro
retrograde - behind, backward
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sub
sublingual - under, beneath
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super, supra
supraclavicular - above, superior
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tachy
tachycardia - rapid
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-algia
arthralgia - pain
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-cele
cystocele - protrusion
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-centesis
amniocentesis - surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-cyte
leukocyte - cell
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-ectomy
appendectomy - cutting out
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-gram
mammogram - drawing or written record
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-itis
pneumonitis - inflammation
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-lytic
hemolytic - destroy, reduce
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-megaly
splenomegaly - enlargement
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-ology/logy
cardiology - study of
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-oma
carcinoma - tumor
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-orrhapy
herniorrhaphy - suturing, repairing
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-osis
thrombosis - condition
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-ostomy
colostomy - artificial opening
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-otomy
laparotomy - incision
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-pathy
encephalopathy - disease
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-penia
leukopenia - decrease of
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-phobia
acrophobia - abnormal fear or intolerance
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-plasty
rhinoplasty - surgical repair or reshaping
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-plegia
hemiplegia - paralysis
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-pnea
apnea - breathing, respiration
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-rrhage
hemorrhage - excessive flow
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-scopy/-scopic
gastroscopy - act of examining
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-sepsis
asepsis - decay or infection
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-uria
hematuria - urination/urine
- adeno
- gland
- arthro
- joint
- cardio
- heart
- cephalo
- head
- cerebro
- brain
- chole
- bile
- cutis
- skin
- dento
- teeth
- emetic
- pertaining to vomiting
- entero
- intestine
- gastro
- stomach
- hemo/hemat
- blood
- hepato
- liver
- hyster
- uterus
- ileo-ileum
- small intestin
- leuko
- white
- mamma
- breast
- myo
- muscle
- nemia
- pertaining to blood
- nephro
- kidney
- neuro
- nerve
- oculo
- eye
- osteo
- bone
- ped
- foot
- phleb
- vein
- pneumo
- lung
- sepsis
- infection
- spleno
- spleen
- thoraco
- chest
- thrombo
- clot