Cancer terms Flashcards
1
Q
Alveol/o
A
Small sac
2
Q
Can/o
A
Bad
3
Q
Carcin/o
A
cancer, cancerous
4
Q
Cauter/o
A
burn, heat
5
Q
Fibr/o
A
Fibers
5
Q
Chem/o
A
chemical, drug
6
Q
Cry/o
A
Cold
7
Q
Cyst/o
A
sac of fluid
8
Q
Follicul/o
A
small grandular sac
9
Q
Fung/i
A
fungus, mushroom
10
Q
medull/o
A
soft, inner part
11
Q
mucos/o
A
Mucous membrane
12
Q
Mut/a
A
genetic change
13
Q
Mutagen/o
A
causing genetic change
14
Q
Necr/o
A
death
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
Scirrh/o
hard
25
xer/o
dry
26
-blastoma
immature tumor
27
-genesis
formation
28
-oma
mass, tumor
29
-plasia,-plasm
formation, growth
30
-suppression
to stop
31
-therapy
treatment
32
Ana-
backward
33
Apo-
off, away
34
Epi-
Upon
34
Brachy-
short (distance)
35
Meta-
beyond:change
36
Neo-
new
37
Tele-
far
