Cells Flashcards
adip/o
fat
adiponecrosis, adipogenic, adipocele (hernia composed of fat)
alb/o
white
albiduria
angi/o
vessel
angiocardiopathy, angiography
ankyl/o
bent, crooked, adhesion
ankylosed, ankyloblepharon (eyelid adhered shut)
aut/o
self
autograft, autologous, autoimmune
bas/o
situated near a base, lower part
basal cell, baseline
bio/o
life, living
biopsy, biology
carcin/o
cancerous
carcinophobia, carcinomatosis (widespread cancer throughout the body)
chrom/o
color
chromogenic, chromaturia, chromatoptometry (measurement of perception of color)
chron/o
time
chronic
cyan/o
blue
cyanosis, cyanemia
cyt/o
cells
cytopathologist, cytotoxin
dipl/o
double
diplopia, diplegia
erythem, erythr/o
redness
erythropenia, erythroid, erythrodontia
galac/o
milk
galactography, galactophagous
gluc/o, glyc/o
sugar
gon, gono
seed, semen
gonangiaectomy, gonocyte
granul/o
granule (small particle)
granulocyte, granuloma
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
home/o
similar, same, unchanged
homeoplasia, homogenous
idio
self, peculiar to a substance
idiopathic (disease with no known origin)
immun/o
immune
kary/o
nucleus
karyomegaly
leuk/o
white, leukocyte
leukopenia
lip/o
fat
lipoma, liposarcoma
lymph/o
lymph tissue, lymphocytes
lymphangioplasty
melan/o
black, dark, melanin
micr/o
small
microcephaly
mon/o
singular
monotherapy
morph/o
form, shape
morphology
mut/o
genetic change
mutagen
necr/o
death
necrotic
neur/o
nerve
noct/o
night
norm/o
normal, usual
normochromia
olig/o
few, little, scanty
oligodactyly, oligomenorrhea, oliguria
oo/o
egg, ovum
ooblast, oogenesis
pachy
thick
pachyderma, pachyonychia, pachyglossia
pathy
disease
phag/o
eating, swallowing
phagocyte, normophagia
sperm, spermat
sperm cell, seed
spermicide, spermolith
spher/o
round, a sphere
spheroidal
steat/o
fat, oil
steatonecrosis, steatitis
strept/o
twisted
streptococcus
thromb/o
clot
thrombectomy
xanth/o
yellow
xanthochromia, xanthocyanopsia (red/green colorblindness)
xer/o
dry, dryness
xerophthalmia, xeroderma, xerostomia
