NSC LOM ch 1-10 vocab only
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- -ac
- pertaining to
- -ac, -iac
- pretaining to
- -al
- pretaining to
- -algia
- pain
- -ar
- pretaining to
- -arche
- beginning
- -ary
- pretaining to
- -cele
- hernia
- -centesis
- surgical removal of fluid
- -coccus
- berry-shaped bacterium
- -cyesis
- pregnancy
- -cyte
- cell
- -dynia
- pain
- -eal
- pretaining to
- -ectasis, -ectasia
- streching, dialation, dilatation
- -ectomy
- excision, removal
- -emia
- blood condition
- -emisis
- vomiting
- -er
- one who
- -genic
- pertaining to producing, produced by or in
- -genisis
- condition of producing, forming
- -gram
- record
- -graph
- instrument for recording
- -graphy
- process of recording
- -gravida
- pregnancy
- -ia
- condition
- -iac
- pretaining to
- -ic, ical
- pertaining to
- -ion
- process
- -ior
- pretaining to
- -ism
- process
- -ist
- specialist
- -it is
- inflammation
- -logy
- study of
- -lysis
- breakdown, destruction, seperation
- -malacia
- softening
- -megaly
- enlargment
- -oid
- resembling
- -ole
- little, small
- -oma
- tumor, mass, swelling
- -opsy
- process of viewing
- -ose
- pretaining to, full of
- -osis
- condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)
- -ous
- pretaining to
- -parous
- to bear, bring forth
- -pathy
- disease condition
- -penia
- deficency
- -pepsia
- digestion
- -phobia
- fear
- -plasia
- development, formation, growth
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- -poietin
- substance that forms
- -ptosis
- drooping, sagging
- -ptysis
- spitting
- -rrhage, rrhagia
- bursting forth
- -rrhea
- flow, discharge
- -rrhphy
- suture
- -salpinx
- uterine tube
- -sclerosis
- hardining
- -scope
- instrument to visually examine
- -scopy
- process of visually examining
- -sis
- state of
- -spasm
- sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles
- -stasis
- stopping, controlling
- -stenosis
- tightining,stricture, narrowing
- -stomy
- opening to form a mouth
- -therapy
- treatment
- -tic
- pretaining to
- -tocia
- labor, birth
- -tom o
- to cut
- -tomy
- process of cutting, incision
- -tresia
- opening
- -tripsy
- to crush
- -ule
- little, small
- -um, -ium
- structure, tissue, thing
- -uria
- urinatin, urine condition
- -version
- act of turning
- -y
- process, condition
- a-, an-
- no, not, without
- abdomin o
- abdomen
- acu o
- sharp, severe, sudden
- aden o
- gland
- adenexa uteri
- fallopian tubes, ovaries, and supporting ligament
- ADH
- antidiuretic hormone; vasopressin
- adip o
- fat
- agor a
- marketplace
- albumin o
- albumin (a protien in the blood)
- amni o
- amnion (sac around embryo)
- amnion
- innermost membrane around the developing embryo
- ana-
- up
- angi o
- vessel
- anter o
- front
- anterior
- front
- arc o
- extremities, top, extreme point
- areola
- dark-pigmented area around the breast nipple
- ARF
- acute renal failure
- arteri o
- artery
- arteriole
- small artery
- arthr o
- joint
- auto-
- self
- axill o
- armpit
- bacteri o
- bacteria
- bar o
- weight
- bartholin glands
- small exocrine clands at the vaginal orifice
- bi/o
- life
- BILI
- bilirubin
- blephar o
- eyelid
- bol o
- to cast (throw)
- bowmans capsule
- cup-shaped capsule surrounding each glomerulus
- bronch o
- bronchial tubes
- BUN
- blood urea nitrogen
- cali o, calic o
- calyx
- calyx, calix
- cup-like collection reagion of the renal pelvis
- CAPD
- contunuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
- carcin o
- cancerous, cancer
- cardi o
- heart
- cata-
- down
- Cath
- catheter, catherterization
- CCPD
- contunuous cycling perioneal dialysis
- cephal/o
- head
- cerebr o
- cerebrum
- cervic o
- neck (of body or uterus)
- cervix
- lower, neck like protion of the utereus
- chem o
- drug, cemical
- chondr o
- cartilage
- chori o
- chorion
- chorion
- outermost layer of the two membranes surrounding the embryo, is part of the placenta
- chrom o
- color
- chron o
- time
- cis o
- to cut
- CKD
- cronic kidney disease
- CL(-)
- cloride
- clitoris
- organ of sensitive erectile tissue anterior to the urinary meatus
- coccyg o
- coccyx
- coitus
- sex
- col o
- colon
- colp o
- vagina
- cortex
- outer region
- crani o
- skull
- CRF
- cronic kidney failure
- crin o
- secrete (to form and five off)
- culd o
- cul-de-sac
- cyst o
- urinary badder; a sac or a cyst
- cyt o
- cell
- deep
- away from the surface
- derm o; dermat o
- skin
- dia-
- thorough, complete
- dips o
- thirst
- dist o
- far, distant
- distal
- point of trunk of a structure farthest from where it attaches to body
- dors o
- back
- dys-
- painful
- electr o
- electricity
- encephal o
- brain
- endo-
- within
- endometrium
- inner mucous membrane lining the uterus
- enter o
- intestines (usually small)
- epi-
- above, upon
- epigastric
- upper middle reagon above the stomach
- episi o
- vulva
- erythr o
- red
- ESRD
- end-stage renal disease
- ESWL
- extraocoporeal shock wave lithotripsy
- ex-
- out
- exo-
- out
- galact o
- milk
- gastr o
- stomach
- globin
- protien
- glomerul o
- glomerulus (collection of capilaries)
- gnos
- knowledge
- gon o
- seed
- gonads
- organs in male/females that make gametes
- granulocytes
- eosinophils (eosin o = rosey); basophils (bas o = basic); neutrophils (phagocytes)
- gynec o
- woman, female
- HCO (3-)
- bicarbonate
- HD
- hemodialysis
- hem o
- blood
- hemat o
- blood
- hepat o
- liver
- hilum
- depression or pit in organ where blood and nerves enter and leave
- hydro o
- water, fluid
- hyper-
- excessive, about, more than normal
- hypo-
- deficient, below, under, less than normal
- hypochondraic
- upper rught and left regions beneath the ribs
- hypogastric
- lower middle region below the umbilical region
- hyster o
- uterus
- iatr o
- treatment
- IC
- interstitial cyctisitis
- ili o
- illum
- in-
- into, in
- inferior; caudal
- below an other structure
- inguin o
- groin
- inguinal; iliac regions
- lower right and left regions near the groin
- inter-
- between
- intra
- within
- isch o
- to hold back
- IVP
- intravenous pyelogram
- K+
- Potassium
- kary o
- nucleus
- ket o; keton o
- ketone bodies (ketoacids and acetone)
- KUB
- Kidney, ureter, and bladder
- lact o
- milk
- lapar o
- abdomen, abdominal wall
- laryng o
- larynx
- later o
- side
- lateral
- away from the middle
- lei o
- smooth
- leuk o
- white
- list o
- tissue
- lith o
- stone
- lumb o
- lower back
- lumbar
- middle right and left regions near the waist
- lymph o
- lymph
- mamm o
- breast
- mast o
- breast
- meat o
- meatus
- meatus
- opening or canal
- medi o
- middle
- medial
- middle or nearer the center plane
- medulla
- inner region
- men o
- menses, menstruration
- meta-
- change
- metr o; metri o
- uterus
- micturition
- urination; the act of voiding
- mon o
- one who
- mononuclear leukocyte
- Lymphocyte; monocyte
- morph o
- shape, form
- muc o
- mucus
- multi-
- many
- my o
- muscle
- myel o
- spinal cord, bone marrow
- myom o
- muscle tumor
- Na+
- sodium,
- nat i
- birth
- necr o
- death
- nephr o
- kidney
- nephron
- area in kidney where filtration takes place
- neur o
- nerve
- neutr o
- neutrophil ( a white blood cell)
- noct i
- night
- nucle o
- nucleus
- nulli-
- no, not, none
- o o
- egg
- obster o
- midwife
- olgi o
- scanty
- omphal o
- umbilicus
- onc o
- tumor
- oophor o
- ovary
- ophthalm o
- eye