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Linfield College NUR 106 Prefix, Suffix - Exam III

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-oma

tumor

-opia

vision

-ostomy

surgically formed fistula connecting a portion of intestine or urinary tract to the exterior

-penia

deficiency of

-sclerosis

hardening or induration of an organ or tissue, esp. that due to excessive growth of fibrous tissue

-stomy

surgical operation establishing a usually permanent opening into (such) a part

oro-

mouth

os-

  1. bone
  2. orifice

peri-

  • around
  • about

poly-

  • many

  • much

post-

  • behind

  • after

pre-

  • before

  • in front

presby-

  • old
  • aged

pulmo-

lung

sero-

serum

sub-

  • under

  • beneath

  • below

tachy-

  • swift

  • rapid

thermo-

  • hot

  • heat

veno-

vein
  • oste-
  • osteo-
bone
  • ot-
  • oto-
ear
  • -(r)rhage

  • -(r)rhagia

  • rupture

  • profuse fluid discharge

  • -pathic

  • -pathy

1 : feeling <apathy> <telepathy>
2 : disease of a (specified) part or kind <idiopathy> <myopathy>
3 : therapy or system of thera

  • path-

  • patho-

disease

  • pneum-

  • pneumato-

  • air

  • gas

  • respiration

  • psych-

  • psycho-

  • mind

  • mental process

  • ren-

  • reno-

kidney
  • super-

  • supra-

  • over

  • on top of

  • above

  • thorac-

  • thoraci-

  • throraco-

  • chest

  • chest wall
  • tox-

  • toxo-

  • -toxic

  • poison

  • poisonous

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