Chapter 19 - Oncology Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

alveol/o

A

small sac

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

cac/o

A

bad

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

carcin/o

A

cancer, cancerous

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

cauter/o

A

burn, heart

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

chem/o

A

chemical, drug

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

cry/o

A

cold

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

cyst/o

A

sac of fluid

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

fibr/o

A

fibers

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

follicul/o

A

small glandular sacs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

fung/i

A

fungus, mushroom

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

medull/o

A

soft, inner part

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

mucos/o

A

mucous membrane

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

mut/a

A

genetic change

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

mutagen/o

A

causing genetic change

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

necr/o

A

death

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

neur/o

A

nerves

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

onc/o

A

tumor

18
Q

papill/o

A

nipple-like

19
Q

plas/o

A

formation

20
Q

ple/o

A

many, more

21
Q

polyp/o

A

polyp

22
Q

prot/o

A

first

23
Q

radi/o

A

rays

24
Q

sarc/o

A

flesh, connective tissue

25
Q

scirrh/o

A

hard

26
Q

xer/o

A

dry

27
Q

-blastoma

A

immature tumor

28
Q

-genesis

A

formation

29
Q

-oma

A

tumor, mass

30
Q
  • plasia

- plasm

A

formation, growth

31
Q

-suppression

A

to stop

32
Q

-therapy

A

treatment

33
Q

ana-

A

backward

34
Q

apo-

A

off, away

35
Q

brachy-

A

short (distance)

36
Q

epi-

A

upon

37
Q

meta-

A

change; beyond

38
Q

tele-

A

far

39
Q

-tic

A

pertaining to

40
Q

-oid

A

resembling

41
Q

-tion

A

process