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Med Terms Ch. 2
Bone Structure, Color, and Oncology
Question | Answer |
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cyt/o | cell |
hist/o | tissue |
organ/o | organ |
system/o | system |
nuer/o | nerve |
sarc/o | connective tissue |
epetheli/o | epithelium |
my/o | muscle |
aden/o | gland |
fibr/o | fiber |
kary/o | nucleas |
lip/o | fat |
viscer/o | internal organs |
cancer/o, carcin/o | cancer |
eti/o | cause of disease |
gno/o | knowledge |
iatr/o | physician/medicine |
lei/o | smooth |
onc/o | tumor |
path/o | disease |
rhabd/o | striated |
somat/o | body |
chlor/o | green |
chrom/o | color |
cyan/o | blue |
erythr/o | red |
luek/o | white |
melan/o | black |
xanth/o | yellow |
dys- | abnormal, painful, difficult and labored |
dia- | complete |
-stasis | stop |
-sis | state of |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor |
-plasia | condition of, formation, development and growth |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-oma | tumor |
-plasm | growth, substance and formation |
-oid | resembling |
-logy | study of |
-logist | one who studies/treats |
-genic | producing, originating and causing |
-genesis | origin, cause |
-gen | substance, agent, produces/causes |
-cyte | cell |
WBC | white blood cell |
Px | prognosis |
RBC | red blood cell |
RXT | radiation therapy |
Ca | cancer |
chemo | chemotherapy |
Dx | diagnosis |
mets | metastasis |