combining form / colors

Question 1

chrom/o

Answer 1

color(s)

Question 2

chlor/o

Answer 2

green

Question 3

cyan/o

Answer 3

blue

Question 4

erythr/o

Answer 4

red

Question 5

leuk/o

Answer 5

white

Question 6

poli/o

Answer 6

gray

Question 7

melan/o

Answer 7

black

Question 8

xanth/o

Answer 8

yellow

Question 9

aden/o

Answer 9

gland

Question 10

cyt/o

Answer 10

cells

Question 11

epitheli/o

Answer 11

epithelium (tissue covering body surface. ex: skin)

Question 12

hist/o

Answer 12

tissue

Question 13

lip/o

Answer 13

fat

Question 14

my/o

Answer 14

muscle

Question 15

viscer/o

Answer 15

internal organs

Question 16

system/o

Answer 16

system

Question 17

neur/o

Answer 17

nerve

Question 18

-pathy, path/o

Answer 18

disease

Question 19

cancer/o or carcin/o

Answer 19

cancer

Question 20

eti/o

Answer 20

cause (of disease)

Question 21

sarc/o

Answer 21

flesh, connective tissue

Question 22

-oma

onc/o

Answer 22

tumor, mass

Question 23

rhabd/o

Answer 23

rod-shaped, striated

Question 24

lei/o

Answer 24

smooth

Question 25

dia-

Answer 25

through

Question 26

dys-

Answer 26

difficult, painful, bad

Question 27

hyper-

Answer 27

excessive, above

Question 28

hypo-

Answer 28

below, deficient

Question 29

meta-

Answer 29

beyond

Question 30

neo-

Answer 30

new

Question 31

-al, -if, -ous

Answer 31

pertaining to

Question 32

-osis

Answer 32

abnormal condition, also means increase when used with blood

Question 33

-gen

Answer 33

substance that causes or produces

Question 34

-genic

Answer 34

producing, causing

Question 35

-sarcoma, sarcoma

Answer 35

malignant tumor (cancerous tumor)

Question 36

-plasia

Answer 36

development or formation

Question 37

-plasm

Answer 37

material (substance) that develops or forms cells or tissue

Question 38

diagnosis

Answer 38

identification of a disease or condition

Question 39

benign

Answer 39

not cancerous

not recurrent, favorable for recovery

Question 40

malignant

Answer 40

tending to become progressively worse. can cause death, such as cancer

Question 41

encapsulated

Answer 41

enclosed in a capsule, as with benign tumors

Question 42

remission

Answer 42

improvement or absence of signs of disease

Question 43

carcinoma in situ

Answer 43

cancer in early state

before invading surrounding tissue

Question 44

chemotherapy

Answer 44

treatment for cancer with drugs

Question 45

radiation therapy

Answer 45

treatment of cancer with radioactive substance, x-ray, or radiation