Ch 2: body structure, color and oncology Flashcards

latin roots and medical terms, abbreviations

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aden/o

A

gland

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cyt/o

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cell

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epitheli/o

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epithilium

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fibr/o

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fiber

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hist/o

A

tissue

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kary/o

A

nucleus

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lip/o

A

fat

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my/o

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muscle

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neuro/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

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internal organs

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cancer/o or carcin/o

A

both words for 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

A

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

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disease

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rhabd/o

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rod-shaped, striated

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somat/o

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body

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chlor/o

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green

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chrom/o

A

color

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cyn/o

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blue

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erythr/o

A

red

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leuk/o

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white

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melan/o

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black

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xanth/o

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yellow

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dia-

A

through, complete

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dys-

A

painful

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hyper-

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above, excessive

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hypo-

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below, incomplete deficient

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meta-

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after, beyond, change

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neo-

A

new

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pro-

A

before

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-al, -ic, -ous

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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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-genesis

A

origin, cause

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-genic

A

producing, originating, causing

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-logist

A

one who studies

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-logy

A

study of

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-oid

A

resembling

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-oma

A

tumor, swelling

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-osis

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

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-pathy

A

disease

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-plasia

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condition of formation, development growth

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-plasm,

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growth, substance, formation

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-sarcoma

A

malignant tumor

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-sis

A

state of

52
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-stasis

A

control, stop, standing