MED101 Ch 1 & 2 Flashcards
hypo-
under (difficult)
hepat/o
liver
arthr/o
joint
-megaly
enlargement
-ic, -ous
pertaining to
hyper-
over (excessive)
-osis
abnormal condition
oste/o
bone
dys-
abnormal, difficult, painful
-logy
study (branch of medicine0
ven/o
vein
-itis
inflammation
-pathy
disease
intra-
within
sub-
under
hepat/ic
pertaining to the liver
sub/hepat/ic
below the liver
hepat/itis
inflammation of the liver
intra/ven/ous
within the vein
oste/itis
inflammation of the bone
arthr/itis
inflammation of the joint
oste/o/arthr/itis
inflammation of the bone and joint
arthr/o/pathy
disease of the joint
hepat/o/pathy
disease of the liver
hepat/o/megaly
enlargement of the liver
my/o
muscle
aden/o
gland
lip/o
fat
neur/o
nerve
carcin/o, onc/o
cancer
cyt/o
cell
hist/o
tissue
path/o
disease
erythr/o
red
leuk/o
white
melan/o
black
cyan/o
blue
necr/o
death
neo-
new
-al
pertaining to
-cyte
cell
-oid
resembling, relating to
-genic
producing, produced by
-oma
tumor
-osis
abnormal condition, abnormal increase
-gen
thing that produces
-logist
one who studies (physician specializing in)
-plasia
formation(development)
-plasm
form(substance)
leuk/o/cyte
white blood cell (WBC)
leukocyt/osis
abnormal increase in white blood cells
erythr/o/cyte
red blood cell (RBC)
lip/oid
resembling fat
hyper/plasia
excessive development (of tissue)
hypo/plasia
under development ( of an organ)
dys/plasia
abnormal development
my/o/pathy
disease of the muscle
aden/oma
tumor of the gland
lip/oma
tumor of fatty tissue
neur/oma
tumor of the nerve
carcin/oma (CA)
malignant tumor of the gland
neo/plasm
tumor
carcin/o/gen
things that cause cancer
carcin/o/genic
causing cancer
cyan/osis
blue discoloration
onc/o/logist
physician specializing in cancer
path/o/genic
causing disease
adenoma
tumor of a gland
subhepatic
below the liver
carcinogen
thing that causes cancer
cyanosis
blue discoloration
hypoplasia
under development (of an organ)
necr/o
death
cyan/o
blue
neo-
new