nursing aid vocab Flashcards

1
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ex

A

out of, away, former

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brady

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slow

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mal

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bad or diseased

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arterio

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arteries

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endo

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inside

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audio

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hearing, ear

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peri

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around

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adeno-

A

a gland

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contra

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against

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hypo

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below

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cardio

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heart

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angio

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vessel

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epi

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upon or over

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emia

A

blood

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patho

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disease

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poly

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multiple

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abdomino

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pertaining to abdomin (between diaphragm and pelvis)

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bi

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2

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post

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after

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arthro

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joints

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brachi

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arm

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per

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through

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micro

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small

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inter

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between

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tachy

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faster

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hemi

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half

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ante

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before

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cephal

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head

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dis

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without

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dys

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bad or difficult

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hyper

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above

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olig

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small AND scant

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33
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leuk

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white

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bronchi

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related to the bronchus

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otomy

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cut into

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36
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cerebro

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brain and spinal cord

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anti

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against

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pre

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before

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39
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a-/an-

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without/lack of

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40
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erythro

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red

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choly

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bile

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colo

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colon

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43
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cost

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ribs

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crani

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cyano

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cysto

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derm

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duoden

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duodenum (very beginning of small intestine)

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encephalo

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gastro/gaster

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geron

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gluco

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glyco

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gyneco

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women/woman

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hemo

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hepato

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hyster

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ileo

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laryng

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larynx (Voice box)

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lymph

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mast

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melan

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meningio

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necro

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nephr

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neur

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onc

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ophthalm

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osteo

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ot

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pharyn

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phleb

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pneo/a

74
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pneum

A

air/gas/respiration

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pod

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proct

A

anus/rectum

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pulm

78
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splen

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stomat

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therm

81
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thorac

82
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thromb

A

blood clot

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toxic

84
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trache

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urethr

86
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cyte

87
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ectomy

88
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emesis

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emia

A

blood condition

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ism

A

a condition

91
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itis

A

inflammation

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logy

93
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megaly

A

enlargement

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oma

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osis

96
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ostomy

A

creation of an opening

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otomy

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pathy

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penia

100
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phagia

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phasia

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phobia

103
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plasty

A

surgical repair

104
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plegia

105
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rrhage

A

excessive flow

106
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scopy

A

examination using a scope

107
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stomy

A

an opening

108
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tomy

109
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uria

A

condition of urine