Nursing foundations terminology 1

Dermat

Skin

Cutane

Skin

Nephr

Kidney

Ren

Kidney

Stomat

Mouth

Or

Mouth (oral)

Eryth

Red

Gastr

Stomach

Hepat/o

Liver

Oste/o

Bone

Immun/o

Immune

Cyan/o

Blue

Leuk/o

White

Melan/o

Black

Myel/o

Spinal cord

Neur/o

Nerve

Crani/o

Skull

Cardi/o

Heart

My/o

Muscle

Pyle/o

Renal pelvis

-itis

Inflammation

-megaly

Enlargement

-Oma

Tumor of

-cyte

Cells in

-algia

Pain, suffering

-ectomy

Surgical removal, cutting out

-osis

Abnormal condition, disease

-ostomy

Surgical creation of artificial opening

-plasty

Surgical repair

-rrhage

Bleeding, abnormal excess fluid discharge

-rrhaphy

Surgical suturing

-rrhea

Flow or discharge

-rrhexis

Rupture

-sclerosis

Abnormal hardening

-malacia

Abnormal softening

-necrosis

Tissue death

-stenosis

Abnormal narrowing

-centesis

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

-scopy

Visual exam of internal structure

An-

Without, not

Hyper-

Excess, above normal

Dys-

Bad, difficult, painful

Hypo-

Deficient, decreased

Ab-

Away from

Ad-

Toward, in the direction of

Ex-

Out of

In-

Into

Macro-

Large, abnormal size

Micro-

Small

Olig-

Scanty, few

Pre-

Before

Post-

After

Eu-

Normal, well, easy

Intra-

Within, inside

Inter-

Between, among

Sub-

Under, less, below

Supra-

Above, excess