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

-ectomy

Excision, surgical removal

-edema

Swelling

-emia

Condition of the blood

-gravida

Pregnant

-ia, ism

Condition

-itis

Inflammation

-lith

Stone

-lysis

Destruction of

-Megaly

Enlargement

-oma

Tumor

-osis

Abnormal condition

-paresis

Partial paralysis

-pexy

Surgical fixation

-phagia, phage

Eating, swallowing

-phobia

Fear

-plasty

Surgical repair

-plegia

Paralysis

-pnea

Breathing

-ptosis

Drooping, prolapse

-rrhage, rrhagia

Bursting forth

-rrhea

Flow, discharge

-stasis

Cessation, stopping

-stenosis

Narrowing, stricture

-stomy

Opening

-tomy

Cutting into, incision

-tripsy

Crushing

-uria

Urine