NUR 1055 INTRODUTION TO NURSING MODULE 1 MODULE 1 (LATEST 2025/2026) -RASMUSSEN

NUR 1055 INTRODUTION TO NURSING
MODULE 1 MODULE 1 (LATEST 2025/2026)
-RASMUSSEN
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Medical Word

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- Consist of some or all of the following elements: Suffix, Prefix, Word Root, and
Combining form

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Word Root

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- Is the foundation of a medical term and contains its primary meaning. All medical
terms have at least one word root.

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Dermatos

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- skin (Greek)

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Dermat

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- Word root for skin

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Dermat/itis means

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Inflammation of the skin

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Dermatitis

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A general term used to describe an inflammatory condition of the skin.




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Cutis

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skin (Latin)

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Cutane

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Word root for skin

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Cutane/ous (kū-TĀ-nē-ŭs)

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Pertaining to the skin

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Cutaneous

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Is the term that identifies an anatomical structure for skin

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Nephros

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Kidney (greek)

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, Nephr

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Word root for kidney

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Nephr/oma (nĕ-FRŌ-mă)

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tumor of the kidney (benign or malignant of the kidney tissue)



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Renes

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kidney (latin)



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Ren

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Word root for Kidney (Renes)



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Ren/al

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pertains to the kidney

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Renal

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is a term that identifies an anatomical structure of the kidney

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