Medical Terminology NURS 3309 Chapt. 1-6 Questions and Answers

Medical Terminology NURS 3309 Chapt. 1-6
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elements individual parts

gynec- female

dermat- skin

arthr- joint

pneum- air

-thorax chest

-logist one who studies

-tory relating to

gastr- stomach

-enter- intestine

-logy study of

cardi- heart

patient an old English term meaning to suffer or undergo

medical from a Latin term meaning to heal

an Old English word meaning a single cycle of
breath
inhaling and exhaling

mucus a Latin word for clear, sticky secretion

, knee an Old English word meaning an angular shape

quadrant a Latin word meaning a quarter

record a Latin word meaning to remember

care an Old English word meaning to worry

specialist a Latin word meaning of a given species

apex a Latin word meaning tip or summit

patent a Latin word meaning open or exposed

toxin a Greek word meaning poison

lymph a Latin word meaning clear spring water

breech an Old English word meaning buttocks

-itis inflammation

-logist one who studies

-scopy visual examination

-plasty surgical repair

-oma tumor, mass

-uria urine

-dialysis to separate

-chezia pass a stool

-crit to separate

-gram record

-graph instrument for recording

-lysis destruction

-philia attraction

-ptysis spit

-rrhage to flow profusely