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