FINAL REVIEW Flashcards
Hidr/o; sudor/o
sweat
Ichthy/o
dry, scaly
Kerat/o
hard; cornea
Myc/o
fungus
Pil/o; trich/o
hair
Scler/o
hardening; sclera
Squam/o
scale
Xer/o
dry
-oid
resembling
-phoresis
transmission
-plasty
surgical repair
Leuk/o
white
Xanth/o
yellow
Eczema
redness of the skin from swelling of capillaries
Hirustism
excessive hair growth
Impetigo
isolated pustules that become crusted and rupture
Psoriasis
itchy red patches w/ silvery scales
Tinea
fungal infection of the skin
Urticaria
allergic reaction of the skin w/ pale, red elevated patches that are itchy
Verruca
wart
-cele
hernia, swelling
-osis
abnormal condition
-penia
decrease
-phagia
swallowing
-rrhea
flow; discharge
-emia
blood condition
-esis
condition
-algia; -dynia
pain
-ectasis
expansion
Cervic/o
neck; cervix
Colp/o
vagina
Galact/o; lact/o
milk
Metr/o
uterus
Salping/o
tube (fallopian or eustachian)
Episi/o
vulva
Balan/o
glans penis
Orch/o; Orchid/o
testes
Vas/o
vessel; vas deferens
Anorchism
congenital absences of testes
Balantitis
inflammation of skin covering glans pen.
Cryptorchism
failure of test. to descend
Blephar/o
eyelid
Dacry/o, lacrim/o
tear
-opia, -opsia
vision
-ptosis
prolapse
-tropia
turning
Myring/o, tympan/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
Ot/o
ear
Achromatopsia
color blindness
Hordeolum
infection of eyelid; sty
Macular degeneration (MD)
breakdown of tissues in macula leading to loss of central vision
Strabismums
eyes turn in abnormal direction
Anacusis
total deafness
Meniere disease
inner ear disease w/ progressive loss of hearing
Otitis externa
infection of external ear canal
Otitis media
infection of middle ear
Presbycusis
impairment of hearing from old age
Steps of nursing process
assessment, analysis, planning, implementation, evaluation
Primary source
client; most valuable source
Secondary source
family member, medical record
Tertiary source
textbooks, nurses experience