B.U.R.P.S. and Nursing Acronyms – Vocabulary Flashcards

A comprehensive set of vocabulary-style flashcards covering B.U.R.P.S roots, prefixes, suffixes, body prefixes, and common nursing abbreviations from the notes.

Angi(o), Vas(o)

Blood vessel

Brachi(o)

Arm

Bucc(o)

Cheek

Cardi(o)

Heart

Carp(o)

Wrist

Cephal(o)

Head

Colp(o)

Vagina

Crani(o)

Skull

Cyst(o)

Bladder

Cyto

Cell

Dactyl(o)

Finger, toe

Encephal(o)

Brain

Enter(o)

Intestine

Gloss(o)

Tongue

Hemo, sanguin(o)

Blood

Hyster(o)

Womb, uterus

Mast(o), mamm(o)

Breast

Men(o)

Month, menses

Nephr(o), Ren(o)

Kidney

Oophor(o)

Ovary

Ophthalm, Ocul(o)

Eye

Ot(o), Auri, Aud

Ear

Phleb(o), Ven(o)

Vein

Pod

Foot

Rhin(o)

Nose

Salping(o)

Fallopian tube

Thorac(o)

Chest

Thromb(o)

Clot

Gluc(o)

Sweet, sugar

hydr(o)

Water

Lact(o)

Milk

Lip(o), adip(o)

Fat

Therm

Heat

Erythr(o)

Red

Leuk(o), leuc(o)

White

Cyan(o)

Blue

Melan(o)

Black

Cirrh(o)

Yellow

Centesis

Tap, puncture

Ectomy

Removal

Lysis

Separate, destroy

Ostomy

Form an opening

Otomy

Cut into

Plasty

Repair

Algia

Pain

Cele

Hernia, swelling

Emia

Blood

Gen

Producing

Itis

Inflammation

Megaly

Enlargement

Oid

Resemble

Oma

Tumor

Osis

Abnormal condition

Pathy

Disease

Penia

Deficiency

Phagia

Eating

Phasia

Speech

Plegia

Paralysis

Phobia

Fear

Pnea

Air, breathing

Rrhage

Burst forth

Rrhea

Flow, discharge

Sclerosis

Hardening

Spasm

Contraction

Troph(o)

Nourishment

Uri(a)

Urine

Gram

Picture, record

Ology

Study of

Phon(o)

Sound

Scope

Inspect

Aden(o)

Gland

Arthr(o)

Joint

Cervic(o)

Neck

Costo

Rib

Cyto

Cell

Derm

Skin

Gastr(o)

Stomach

Glosso

Tongue

Heme

Blood

Hepat(o)

Liver

Lingu

Tongue

Litho

Stone

My

Muscle

Myo, myel

Marrow

Neuro

Nerve

Oto

Ear

Opti, Ocu

Eye

Osteo

Bone

Pneum(o), Pulm

Lung

Psycho

Mind

Rhino

Nose

Thor(a)

Chest

Vasc

Vessel

A(n)

Without

Auto

Self

Dys

Difficult, painful

Gravida

Pregnant

Neo

New

R/T

Related to

OS

Left eye (oculus sinister)