nursing aid vocab Flashcards
ex
out of, away, former
brady
slow
mal
bad or diseased
arterio
arteries
endo
inside
audio
hearing, ear
peri
around
adeno-
a gland
contra
against
hypo
below
cardio
heart
angio
vessel
epi
upon or over
emia
blood
patho
disease
poly
multiple
abdomino
pertaining to abdomin (between diaphragm and pelvis)
bi
2
post
after
arthro
joints
brachi
arm
per
through
micro
small
inter
between
tachy
faster
hemi
half
ante
before
cephal
head
dis
without
dys
bad or difficult
hyper
above
olig
small AND scant
leuk
white
bronchi
related to the bronchus
otomy
cut into
cerebro
brain and spinal cord
anti
against
pre
before
a-/an-
without/lack of
erythro
red
choly
bile
colo
colon
cost
ribs
crani
skull
cyano
blue
cysto
bladder
derm
skin
duoden
duodenum (very beginning of small intestine)
encephalo
brain
gastro/gaster
stomach
geron
aged
gluco
sweet
glyco
sweet
gyneco
women/woman
hemo
blood
hepato
liver
hyster
uterus
ileo
ileum
laryng
larynx (Voice box)
lymph
lymph
mast
breast
melan
black
meningio
meninges
necro
death
nephr
kidney
neur
nerve
onc
tumor
ophthalm
eyes
osteo
bones
ot
ear
pharyn
pharynx
phleb
vein
pneo/a
breathing
pneum
air/gas/respiration
pod
feet
proct
anus/rectum
pulm
lung
splen
spleen
stomat
mouth
therm
heat
thorac
chest
thromb
blood clot
toxic
poison
trache
trachea
urethr
urethra
cyte
cell
ectomy
removal
emesis
vomiting
emia
blood condition
ism
a condition
itis
inflammation
logy
study of
megaly
enlargement
oma
tumor
osis
condition
ostomy
creation of an opening
otomy
cut into
pathy
disease
penia
lack
phagia
to eat
phasia
to speak
phobia
fear
plasty
surgical repair
plegia
paralysis
rrhage
excessive flow
scopy
examination using a scope
stomy
an opening
tomy
incision
uria
condition of urine