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Medical Terminology
Medical Terminology chapter 2
Term | Definition |
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iatr/o | physician; medicine (also mean treatment) |
eti/o | cause ( of disease) |
onc/o | tumor; mass |
-pathy | disease |
-gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
dia- | through; complete |
dys- | painful; abnormal; difficult; labored |
hypo- | below; incomplete; deficient; under |
xanth/o | yellow |
-megaly | enlargement |
-genic | producing; originating; causing |
-oma | tumor; swelling |
neur/o | nerve |
sarc/o | flesh; connective tissue |
viscer/o | internal organs |
chrom/o | color |
erythr/o | red |
-oid | resembling |
-osis | abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots) |
-plasia | condition of formation; development; growth |
-al, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
pro- | before |
-cyte | cell |
meta- | after; beyond, changes |
rhabd/o | rod-shaped; striated |
somat/o | body |
cyt/o | cell |
epitheli/o | epithelium |
leuk/o | white |
hist/o | tissue |
lei/o | smooth |
kary/o | nucleus |
path/o | disease |
cancer/o, carcin/o | cancer |
melan/o | black |
chlor/o | green |
cyan/o | blue |
fibr/o | fiber |
organ/o | organ |
lip/o | fat |
gno/o | knowledge |
neo- | new |
hyper- | above; excessive |
-logist | one who studies and treats (specialist, physician) |
aden/o | gland |
system/o | system |
my/o | muscle |
-logy | study of |