Ch. 2 Word Parts Flashcards by Tanesha Herring

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Epitheli/o

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Epithelium

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Fibr/o

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Fiber

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Hist/o

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Tissue

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Kary/o

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Nucleus

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lip/o

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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

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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 ; carcin/o

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Cancer

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Eti/o

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Cause (or 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

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Smooth

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Onc/o

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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

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Color

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Cyan/o

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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

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Black

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Xanth/o

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Yellow

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Dia-

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Through ; complete

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Dys-

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Painful ; abnormal ; difficult ; labored

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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-

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New

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Pro-

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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 and treats

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-logy

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Study of

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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

Growth ; substance ; 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