Body Structure Terms Flashcards by Lauren Rosenberg | Brainscape

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aden/o

A

gland

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cyt/o

A

cell

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epitheli/o

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epithelium

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fiber/o

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fiber

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hist/o

A

tissue

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kary/o

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nucleus

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lip/o

A

fat

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my/o

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muscle

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neur/o

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nerve

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organ/o

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organ

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sarc/o

A

flesh, connective tissue

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system/o

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system

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viscer/o

A

internal organs

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cancer/o, carcin/o

A

cancer

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eti/o

A

cause (of disease)

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gno/o

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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

A

tumor, mass

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path/o

A

disease

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rhabd/o

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rod-shaped, straited

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somat/o

A

body

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chlor/o

A

green

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chrom/o

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color

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cyan/o

A

blue

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erythr/o

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red

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leuk/o

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white

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melan/o

A

black

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xanth/o

A

yellow

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dia-

A

through, complete

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dys-

A

abnormal, difficult, painful, labored

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hyper-

A

excessive, above

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hypo-

A

incomplete, deficient, below, under

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meta-

A

after, beyond, change

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neo-

A

new

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pro-

A

before

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-al, -ic, -ous

A

pertaining to

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-cyte

A

cell

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-gen

A

substance or agent that produces or causes

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-genic

A

producing, originating, causing

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-logist

A

one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)

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-logy

A

study of

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-oid

A

resembling

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-oma

A

tumor, swelling

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-osis

A

abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots)

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-pathy

A

disease

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-plasia

A

condition of formation, development, growth

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-plasm

A

substance, growth, formation

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-sarcoma

A

malignant tumor

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-sis

A

state of

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-stasis

A

control, stop, standing