Chapter 2 - Body Structure, Color, And Oncology Flashcards
Aden/o
Gland
Cyt/o
Cell
Epitheli/o
Epithelium
Fibr/o
Fiber
Hist/o
Tissue
Kary/o
Nucleus
Lip/o
Fat
My/o
Muscle
Neur/o
Nerve
Organ/o
Organ
Sacr/o
Flesh, connective tissue
System/o
System
Viscer/o
Internal organs
Cancer/o, Carcin/o
Cancer
Eti/o
Cause (of disease)
Gno/o
Knowledge
Iatr/o
Physician, medicine (also means treatment)
Lei/o
Smooth
Onc/o
Tumor, mass
Path/o
Disease
Rhabd/o
Rod-shaped, striated
Somat/o
Body
Chlor/o
Green
Chrom/o
Color
Cyan/o
Blue
Erythr/o
Red
Leuk/o
White
Melan/o
Black
Xanth/o
Yellow
Dia-
Through, complete
Dys-
Painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
Hyper-
Above, excessive
Hypo-
Below, incomplete, deficient, under
Meta-
After, beyond, change
Neo-
New
Pro-
Before
-al, -ic, -ous
Pertaining to
-cyte
Cell
-gen
Substance or agent that produces or causes
-genic
Producing, originating, causing
-logist
One who studies and treats ( specialist, physician )
-logy
Study of
-megaly
Enlargement
-oid
Resembling
-oma
Tumor, swelling
-osis
Abnormal condition
-pathy
Disease
-plasia
Condition of formation, development, growth
-plasm
Growth, substance, formation
-sarcoma
Malignant tumor
-sis
State of
-stasis
Control, stop, standing