Ch 19 Cancer medicine (oncology)
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CaLorraine on April 21, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 alveol/o | small sac |
| cac/o | bad |
| carcin/o | cancer, cancerous |
| cauter/o | burn, heat |
| chem/o | chemical, drug |
| cry/o | cold |
| cyst/o | sac of fluid |
| fibr/o | fibers |
| follicul/o | small glandular sacs |
| fung/i | fungus, mushroom |
| medull/o | soft, inner part |
| mucos/o | mucous membrane |
| mut/a | genetic change |
| mutagen/o | causing genetic change |
| necr/o | death |
| onc/o | tumor |
| papill/o | nipple-like |
| pharmac/o | chemical, drug |
| plas/o | formation |
| ple/o | many, more |
| polyp/o | polyp |
| prot/o | first |
| radi/o | rays |
| sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
| scirrh/o | hard |
| xer/o | dry |
| -blastoma | immature tumor |
| -genesis | formation |
| -oma | mass, tumor |
| -plasia -plasm | formation, growth |
| -suppression | to stop |
| -therapy | treatment |
| ana- | backward |
| apo- | off, away |
| brachy- | short (distance) |
| epi- | upon |
| meta- | beyond; change |
| tele- | far |
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