Chapter 1 & 2 Intro, Body Structure, Color and Oncology
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 arhtr/o | joint |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ven/o | vein |
| oste/o | bone |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ic | pertaining to, relating to |
| -ous | pertaining to, relating to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -megarly | enlargement |
| intra- | within |
| sub- | under, below |
| aden/o | gland |
| cyt/o | cell |
| epitheli/o | epithelium |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| hist/o | tissue |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| lip/o | fat |
| my/o | muscle |
| neur/o | nerve |
| organ/o | organ |
| sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
| system/o | system |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| cancer/o | cancer |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| eti/o | cause of disease |
| gno/o | knowledge |
| iatr/o | physician, medicine, treatment |
| lei/o | smooth |
| onc/o | tumor, mass |
| path/o | disease |
| rahbd/o | rod-shaped, striated |
| somat/o | body |
| chlor/o | green |
| chrom/o | color |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| dia- | through, complete |
| dys- | painful, abnormal, difficult, labored |
| hyper- | above, excessive |
| hypo- | below, incomplete, deficient |
| meta- | after, beyond, change |
| neo- | new |
| pro- | before |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ic | pretaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -cyte | cell |
| -gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| -genic | producing, originating, causing |
| -logist | specialist, physician (who studies and treats) |
| -logy | study of |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasia | condition of formation, development, growth |
| -plasm | growth, substance, formation |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| -sis | state of |
| -stasis | control, stop, standing |
| CA | carcinoma |
| chemo | chemotherapy |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| mets | metastasis |
| Px | prognosis |
| RBC | red blood cell |
| XRI | radiation therpy |
| WBC | white blood cell |
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