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Medical Terminology Study Guide for 2024-2025, Exams of Nursing

A comprehensive guide to medical terminology, including prefixes, suffixes, and root words commonly used in the field of medicine. It covers various body systems, organs, and conditions, offering students a valuable resource for understanding and memorizing medical terms.

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2023/2024

Available from 05/13/2024

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Download Medical Terminology Study Guide for 2024-2025 and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! SKILLSUSA MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY -with 100% verified solutions 2024-2025 aden/o gland -lith stone arthr/o joint trans- across carcin/o cancer -lysis destruction cardi/o heart ultra- beyond, excess cephal/o head cerebr/o cerebrum, brain -malacia softening bi- two cholecyst/o gallbladder col/o colon -megaly enlargement cyst/o sac containing fluid; bladder di- two cyt/o cell small gloss/o tongue -pathy disease gynec/o female mono- one hem/o blood hemat/o blood multi- many -penia few hepat/o liver hyster/o uterus -pexy surgical fixation poly- many ile/o ileum leuk/o white quad- four -phasia speech lingu/o tongue nephr/o kidney semi- partial neur/o nerve -phobia abnormal fear -rrage excessive flow cirrh/o yellow ren/o kidney -rrhaphy surgical suturing rhin/o nose -rrhea discharge, flow splen/o spleen thromb/o clot cyan/o blue erythr/o red trache/o trachea -rrhexis rupture ur/o urinary tract a- without melan/o black ab- absent -scopy visual examination ad- towards -sis state of ambi- both, both sides purpur/o purple -spasm dextr/o right side dia- through, across diplo- double dors/o back dys- painful, difficult ec- out from endo- within epi- upon ex- out from exo- out hemi- half heter/o different homo- same hydro- water hyper- above, excessive hypo- under, below im- not in- into infra- below inter- between intra- within, inside later/o side false re- back retro- backward, behind sinistro- left sub- under, below super- above supra- above syn- together -stenosis abnormal narrowing -al pertaining to -trophy development -algia pertaining to pain -cele hernia, swelling -uria urine -centesis surgical puncture to remove fluid -cide kill -cise cut -cle small -cyte cell -dyne pain -ectasis dilation -ectomy surgical removal anter/o front cephal/o head cervic/o neck chrondr/o cartilage coccg/o coccyx crani/o skull cyt/o cell dors/o back epithele/o epithelium hist/o tissue ili/o ilium later/o side lumb/o lower back medi/o middle my/o muscle pelv/o pelvis poster/o back proxim/o near sacr/o sacrum spin/o spine, backbone system/o system thorax/o or/o mouth onych/o nail esophag/o esophagus my/o muscle tend/o tendon gastr/o stomach oste/o bone enter/o small intestine arthr/o joint col/o colon, large intestine hepat/o liver chondr/o cartilage thyr/o thyroid gland chole/o gallbladder an/o anus pituit/o pituitary gland nephr/o kidneys test/o testes ovari/o ovary ureter/o ureter cyst/o bladder adren/o adrenal gland splen/o spleen urethr/o urethra lymph/o lymph encephal/o brain myel/o spinal cord, bone marrow brachi/o arm neur/o nerves burs/o sac ocul/o eye carp/o wrist caud/o tail ot/o ear cry/o cold cleid/o clavicle cutane/o skin cost/o rib dactyl/o fingers, toes erythem/o flushed, redness femor/o thigh, femur histi/o tissue kerat/o hard fibul/o fibula straight ungu/o nail patell/o knee cap vesic/o blister ped/o foot vit/o blemish xer/o dry pub/o pubis poli/o gray spondyl/o vertebrae tibi/o tibia rose/o pink ankyl/o stiff joint