Chapter 2: Complementary Terms (Word Parts)

Question 1

cancerous

KAN-ser-us

Answer 1

pertaining to cancer

Question 2

carcinogen

kar-SIN-o-jen

Answer 2

substance that causes cancer

Question 3

carcinogenic

kar-sin-ō-JEN-ik

Answer 3

• producing cancer.

- pertaining to a carcinogen.

Question 4

cyanosis

sī-a-NŌ-sis

Answer 4

abnormal condition of blue (bluish discoloration, especially of the skin, caused by inadequate supply of oxygen in the blood)

Question 5

diagnosis (Dx)

dī-ag-NŌ-sis

Answer 5

state of complete knowledge (the art of identifying a disease based on the patient’s signs, symptom, and the results)

Question 6

etiology

ē-tē-OL-o-jē

Answer 6

study of causes (of diseases)

Question 7

iatrogenic

ī-at-rō-JEN-ik

Answer 7

produced by a physician (the unexpected results from a treatment prescribed by a physician)

Question 8

iatrology

ī-a-TROL-o-jē

Answer 8

study of medicine

Question 9

metastasis (METS)

me-TAS-ta-sis

Answer 9

beyond control (transfer of cells from one organ to another, as in malignant tumors)

Question 10

oncogenic

ong-kō-JEN-ik

Answer 10

causing tumors

Question 11

oncologist

ong-KOL-o-jist

Answer 11

physician who studies and treats (malignant) tumors

Question 12

oncology

ong-KOL-o-jē

Answer 12

study of tumors (a branch of medicine concerned with the study of malignant tumors)

Question 13

organic

or-GAN-ik

Answer 13

pertaining to an organ

Question 14

pathogenic

path-ō-JEN-ik

Answer 14

producing disease

Question 15

pathology

pa-THOL-o-jē

Answer 15

study of disease (a branch of medicine dealing with the study of the causes of disease and health)

Question 16

pathologist

pa-THOL-o-jist

Answer 16

physician who studies diseases (examines biopsies and performs autopsies to determine the cause of disease or death)

Question 17

prognosis (Px)

prog-NŌ-sis

Answer 17

state of before knowledge (prediction of the outcome of disease based on the patient’s signs, symptoms, and test results)

Question 18

xanthochromic

zan-thō-KRŌ-mik

Answer 18

pertaining to yellow color

Question 19

xanthosis

zan-THŌ-sis

Answer 19

abnormal condition of yellow (discoloration)