Chapter 2 Flashcards
1
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cyt/o
A
cell
2
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epitheli/o
A
epithelium
3
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fibr/o
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fiber
4
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hist/o
A
tissue
5
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kary/o
A
nucleus
6
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lip/o
A
fat
7
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my/o
A
muscle
8
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neur/o
A
nerve
9
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organ/o
A
organ
10
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sarc/o
A
flesh, connective tissue
11
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system/o
A
system
12
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viscer/o
A
internal organs
13
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cancer/o
A
cancer (a disease characterized by the unregulated, abnormal growth of new cells)
14
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carcin/o
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cancer (a disease characterized by the unregulated, abnormal growth of new cells)
15
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eti/o
A
cause (of disease)
16
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gno/o
A
knowledge
17
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iatr/o
A
physician, medicine (also means treatment)
18
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lei/o
A
smooth
19
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onc/o
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tumor, mass
20
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path/o
A
disease
21
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rhabd/o
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rod-shaped, striated
22
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somat/o
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body
23
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chlor/o
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green
24
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chrom/o
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color
25
cyan/o
blue
26
erythr/o
red
27
leuk/o
white
28
melan/o
black
29
xanth/o
yellow
30
dia-
through, complete
31
dys-
painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
32
hyper-
above, excessive
33
hypo-
below, incomplete, deficient
34
meta-
after, beyond, change
35
neo-
new
36
pro-
before
37
-al, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
38
-cyte (note that it ends with an e when used as a suffix)
cell
39
-gen
substance or agent that produces or causes
40
-genesis
origin, cause
41
-genic
producing, originating, causing
42
-logist
one who studies and treats (physician, specialist)
43
-logy
study of
44
-oid
resembling
45
-oma
tumor, swelling
46
-osis
abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots)
47
-pathy
disease
48
aden/o
gland
49
-plasia
condition of formation, development, growth
50
-plasm
growth, substance, formation
51
-sarcoma
malignant tumor
52
-sis
state of
53
-stasis
control, stop, standing
