Body Structure Terms Flashcards
Cancerous
Pertaining to cancer
Carcinogen
Substance that causes cancer
Carcinogenic
Producing cancer
Cyanosis
Abnormal condition of blue (bluish discoloration of the skin caused by inadequate supply of oxygen the blood)
Cytogenic
Producing cells
Cytoid
Resembling a cell
Cytology
Study of cells
Cytoplasm
Cell substance
Diagnosis
State of complete knowledge (identifying a disease)
Dysplasia
Abnormal development
Epithelial
Pertaining to epithelium
Erythrocyte
Red (blood) cell
Erythrocytosis
Increase in the number of red blood cells
Etiology
Study of causes
Histology
Study of tissue
Hyperplasia
Excessive development
Hypoplasia
Incomplete development
Iatrogenic
Produced by a physician (the unexpected results from a treatment prescribed by a physician)
Iatrology
Study of medicine
Karyocyte
Cell with a nucleus
Karyoplasm
Substance of a nucleus