Cancer terms Flashcards

1
Q

Alveol/o

A

Small sac

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2
Q

Can/o

A

Bad

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3
Q

Carcin/o

A

cancer, cancerous

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4
Q

Cauter/o

A

burn, heat

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5
Q

Fibr/o

A

Fibers

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5
Q

Chem/o

A

chemical, drug

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6
Q

Cry/o

A

Cold

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7
Q

Cyst/o

A

sac of fluid

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8
Q

Follicul/o

A

small grandular sac

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9
Q

Fung/i

A

fungus, mushroom

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10
Q

medull/o

A

soft, inner part

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11
Q

mucos/o

A

Mucous membrane

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12
Q

Mut/a

A

genetic change

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13
Q

Mutagen/o

A

causing genetic change

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14
Q

Necr/o

A

death

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15
Q

Neur/o

A

Nerve

16
Q

Onc/o

A

Tumor

17
Q

Papill/o

A

nipple-like

18
Q

Plas/o

A

formation

19
Q

Ple/o

A

many; more

20
Q

Polyp/o

A

polyp

21
Q

Prot/o

A

first

22
Q

Radi/o

A

rays

23
Q

Sarc/o

A

flesh, connective tissue

24
Q

Scirrh/o

A

hard

25
Q

xer/o

A

dry

26
Q

-blastoma

A

immature tumor

27
Q

-genesis

A

formation

28
Q

-oma

A

mass, tumor

29
Q

-plasia,-plasm

A

formation, growth

30
Q

-suppression

A

to stop

31
Q

-therapy

A

treatment

32
Q

Ana-

A

backward

33
Q

Apo-

A

off, away

34
Q

Epi-

A

Upon

34
Q

Brachy-

A

short (distance)

35
Q

Meta-

A

beyond:change

36
Q

Neo-

A

new

37
Q

Tele-

A

far