Chapter 1 Flashcards by Alexis-Nicole Posa | Brainscape

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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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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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 (of disease)

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Gno/o

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Knowledge

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iatr/o

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Medicine, physician, 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, difficult, abnormal, labored

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Hyper-

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Above, excessive

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Hypo-

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Below, deficient, incompete

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Meta-

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Beyond, after, change

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Neo-

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New

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Pre-

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Before

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-al, -ic, -ous

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Pertaining to

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-cyte

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Cell

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-gen

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Substance or agent that produces or causes

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-genic

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Producing, originating, causing

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-genesis

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Origin, cause

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-logist

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One who studies and treats (specialist, physician)

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-logy

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Study of

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-oid

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Resembling

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-Oma

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Tumor, swelling

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-osis

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Abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

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-pathy

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Disease

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-plasia

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Formation, development, growth

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-plasm

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Growth, substance, formation

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-sarcoma

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Malignant tumor

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-sis

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State of

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-stasis

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Control, stop, standing

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Origins of medical language

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Greek and Latin, eponyms, acronyms, and modern language

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Eponyms

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Terms derived from people or places

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Acronyms

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Words formed from the beginning first letters of a series of words

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Modern language

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Terms derived from the English language

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Word roots

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Core of the word

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Suffix

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End of the word to modify its meaning

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Combining vowel

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Used to ease pronunciation

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Ca

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Carcinoma

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Chemo

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Chemotherapy

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Dx

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Diagnosis

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Px

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Prognosis

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RBC

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Red blood cell

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WBC

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white blood cell

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Fibroid

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Resembling a fiber

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Leiomyoma

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Tumor of smooth muscle

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Hyperplasia

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Excessive growth

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Metastasis

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Beyond control

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Neuroma

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Tumor of the nerve

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Adenocarcinoma

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Malignant tumor of the gland

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Visceral

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Pertaining to internal organs

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Neoplasm

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New growth