body structure Flashcards
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cyt/o
A
cell
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aden/o
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gland
2
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epitheli/o
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epithelium
3
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fibr/o
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fiber
4
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hist/o
A
tissue
5
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kary/o
A
nucleus
6
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lip/o
A
fat
7
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my/o
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tissue
8
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neur/o
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nerve
9
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organ/o
A
organ
10
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sarc/o
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flesh, connective tissue
11
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system/o
A
system
12
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viscer/o
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internal organs
13
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cancer/o
A
cancer
14
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eti/o
A
cause(of disease)
15
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gno/o
A
knowledge
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iatr/o
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physician, medicine (also means treatment)
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lei/o
A
smooth
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onc/o
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tumor/ mass
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path/o
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disease
20
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rhabd/o
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rod-shaped, striated
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somat/o
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body
22
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chlor/o
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green
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chrom/o
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color
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cyan/o
blue
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erythr/o
red
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leuk/o
white
27
melan/o
black
28
xanth/o
yellow
29
-al, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
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-cyte
cell
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-gen
substance or agent that produces or causes
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-genesis
origin, cause
33
-genic
producing, originating, causing
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-logist
one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)
35
-logy
study of
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-oid
resembling
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-oma
tumor, swelling
38
-osis
abnormal condition
39
-pathy
disease
40
-plasia
condition of formation, development, growth
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-plasm
growth, substance, formation
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-sarcoma
malignant tumor
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-sis
state of
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-stasis
control, stop, standing
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benign
not malignant, nonrecurrent, favorable for recovery
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carcinoma in situ
cancer in the early stage before invading surrounding tissue
47
chemotherapy(chemo)
treatment of cancer with drugs
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encapsulated
enclosed in a capsule, as with benign tumors
49
exacerbation
increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms
50
idiopathic
pertaining to disease of unknown origin
51
inflammation
response to injury or destruction of tissue characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain
52
in vitro
within a glass, observable within a test tube
53
in vivo
within the living body
54
malignant
tending to become progressively worse and to cause death, as in cancer
55
radiation therapy
treatment of cancer with a radioactive substance, x-ray, or radiation
56
Ca
carinoma
57
chemo
chemotherapy
58
Dx
diagnosis
59
mets
metastasis
60
Px
prognosis
61
RBC
red blood cell
62
RXT
radiation therapy
63
WBC
white blood cell
64
dia-
through, complete
65
dys-
painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
66
hyper-
above, excessive
67
hypo-
below, incomplete, deficient
68
meta-
after, beyond, change
69
neo-
new
70
pro-
before
