Chapter 2: Word Parts Flashcards by Allie Kroll | Brainscape

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aden/o

Example: aden/oma

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Gland

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cancer/o, carcin/o

Example: cancer/ous

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Cancer

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chlor/o

Example: chlor/oma

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Green

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chrom/o

Example: xanth/o/chrom/ic

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Color

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cyan/o

Example: cyan/osis

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Blue

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cyt/o

Example: cyt/o/logy

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Cell

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epitheli/o

Example: epitheli/oma

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Epithelium

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erythr/o

Example: erythr/o/cyte

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Red

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eti/o

Example: eti/o/logy

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Cause (of disease)

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fibr/o

Example: fibr/o/sarcoma

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Fiber

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hist/o

Example: hist/o/logy

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Tissue

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gno/o

Example: pro/gno/sis

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Knowledge

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iatr/o

Example: iatr/o/genic

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Physician, Medicine (also means treatment)

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kary/o

Example: kary/o/plasm

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Nucleus

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lei/o

Example: lei/o/my/oma

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Smooth

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leuk/o

Example: leuk/o/cyte

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White

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lip/o

Example: lip/oma

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Fat

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melan/o

Example: melan/oma

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Black

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my/o

Example: my/o/pathy

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Muscle

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neur/o

Example: neur/oma

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Nerve

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onc/o

Example: onc/o/logist

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Tumor, Mass

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path/o

Example: path/o/genic

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Disease

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organ/o

Example: organ/ic

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Organ

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rhabd/o

Example: rhabd/o/my/oma

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Rod-shaped, striated

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sarc/o

Example: sarc/oma

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Flesh, connective tissue

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somat/o

Example: somat/o/plasm

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Body

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system/o

Example: system/ic

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System

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viscer/o

Example: viscer/al

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Internal organs

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xanth/o

Example: xanth/o/chrom/ic

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Yellow

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dia-

Example: dia/gno/sis

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Through, complete

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dys-

Example: dys/plasia

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Painful, abnormal, difficult, labored

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hyper-

Example: hyper/plasia

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Above, excessive

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hypo-

Example: hypo/plasia

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Below, incomplete, deficient, under

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meta-

Example: meta/stasis

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After, beyond, change

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neo-

Example: neo/plasm

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New

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pro-

Example: pro/gno/sis

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Before

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-al, -ic, -ous

Example: epitheli/al

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Pertaining to

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-cyte

Example: erythr/o/cyte

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Cell

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-gen

Example: carcin/o/gen

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Substance or agent that produces or causes

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-genic

Example: carcin/o/genic

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Producing, originating, causing

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-logist

Example: onc/o/logist

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One who studies and treats (specialist or physician)

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-logy

Example: onc/o/logy

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Study of

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-megaly

Example: organ/o/megaly

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Enlargement

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-oid

Example: cyt/oid

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Resembling

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-oma

Example: fibr/oma

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Tumor, swelling

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-osis

Example: cyan/osis

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Abnormal condition

means INCREASE when used with blood cell word roots

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-pathy

Example: somat/o/pathy

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Disease

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-plasia

Example: hyper/plasia

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Condition of formation, development, growth

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-plasm

Example: neo/plasm

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Growth, substance, formation

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-sarcoma

Example: aden/o/sarcoma

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Malignant tumor

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-sis

Example: pro/gno/sis

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State of

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-stasis

Example: meta/stasis

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Control, stop, standing