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Med Term Ch 19
Chapter 19 Med Term (Cancer Medicine - Oncology)
Term | Definition |
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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 |
Neur/o | nerve |
Onc/o | tumor |
Papill/o | nipple-like |
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 | formation/growth |
-plasm | formation/growth |
-suppression | to stop |
-therapy | treatment |
Ana- | backward |
Apo- | off/away |
Brachy- | short (distance) |
Epi- | upon |
Meta- | beyond/change |
Tele- | far |