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HOSA: Med Term Roots, Prefix, Combo pt 2 Part 5

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This deck covers medical terminology roots, prefixes, and suffixes, focusing on terms related to anatomy, physiology, and medical procedures.

lymphaden/o

lymph node/gland
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Key Terms

Term
Definition
lymphaden/o
lymph node/gland
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
-lysis
breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
-lyst
agent causing lysis/loosening
-lytic
to reduce, destroy
quadr/i, quadr/o
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TermDefinition
lymphaden/o
lymph node/gland
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
-lysis
breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
-lyst
agent causing lysis/loosening
-lytic
to reduce, destroy
quadr/i, quadr/o
four
zoo, zo/o
(animal) life
zygomat/o
cheek bone
-y
process, state
xiph/o
sword-shaped
xer/o
dry
xen/o
strange, foreign, unlike species
xanth/o
yellow
rachi/o
spine, vertebrae
radi/o
radiation, x-rays, radius
radicul/o
nerve root
re-
back again, backward
recept/o
receive, receiver
rect/o
rectum, straight
reduct/o
bring back together
refract/o
bend back, turn aside
remiss/o
give up, send back, relax
ren/o
kidney
resuscit/o
to revive
retent/o
hold back
reicul/o
network
retin/o
retina, net
retro-
backward, behind, back of
rhabd/o
rod-shaped
rhabdomy/o
striated muscle
rheumat/o
water flow, subject to flow
rhin/o
nose
rhiz/o
root, spinal nerve root
rhythm/o
rhythm, heartbeat
rhytid/o
wrinkle
-rrhage
abnormal excessive fluid discharge from rupture/something burst
-rrhagia
abnormal excessive fluid discharge from rapid flow/burst
-rrhaphy
surgical suturing
-rrhea
flow, excessive discharge
-rhhexis
rupture
rug/o
wrinkle, fold, rag
narc/o
numbness, stupor, sleep
nas/o
nose
nat/o
birth
natr/o
sodium
necr/o
death
-necrosis
tissue death
neo-, ne/o
new, strange
nephr/o
kidney
nerv/o, neur/i, neur/o
nerve, nerve tissue