Nursing terms Flashcards by Anabel McCumbers

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Anti

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Against

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Bi

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Two

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Brady

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Slow

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Dsp

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Painful, difficult

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Epi

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Above, upon

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Hyper

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Excessive, above

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Hypo

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Below, beneath

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Mal

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Bad, inadequate

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Macro

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Large

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Micro

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Small

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Neo

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New

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Oligo

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Deficiency

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Post

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After, following

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Pro

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Before, forward

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Quadri

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Four

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Tachy

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Rapid, fast

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Uni

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One

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture

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-algia

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Pain

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-cele

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Hernia

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-derma

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Skin

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-dipsia

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Thirst, drinking

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-ectasic

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Dilation, expansion

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-cide, cidal

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Destroying, killing

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-ectomy

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Excision, surgical removal

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-edema

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Swelling

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-emia

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Condition of the blood

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-gravida

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Pregnant

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-ia, ism

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Condition

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-lith

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Stone

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-lysis

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Destruction of

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-Megaly

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Enlargement

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-oma

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Tumor

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-osis

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Abnormal condition

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-paresis

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Partial paralysis

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-pexy

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Surgical fixation

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-phagia, phage

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Eating, swallowing

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-phobia

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Fear

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-plegia

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Paralysis

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-pnea

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Breathing

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-ptosis

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Drooping, prolapse

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-rrhage, rrhagia

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Bursting forth

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-rrhea

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Flow, discharge

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-stasis

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Cessation, stopping

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-stenosis

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Narrowing, stricture

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-stomy

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Opening

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-tomy

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Cutting into, incision

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-tripsy

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Crushing

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-uria

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Urine