Naming prefixes & suffixew Flashcards
1
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adeno
A
gland
2
Q
chondro
A
cartilage
3
Q
erythro
A
red blood cell
4
Q
hemanglo
A
blood vessels
5
Q
hepato
A
liver
6
Q
lipo
A
fat
7
Q
lympho
A
lymphocyte
8
Q
melano
A
pigment cell
9
Q
myelo
A
bone marrow
10
Q
myo
A
muscle
11
Q
osteo
A
bone
12
Q
carcinoma
A
cancer from epithelial tissue
13
Q
adenoma
A
cancer from glandular tissue
14
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sarcoma
A
cancer from connective tissue, or non-epithelial tissue (bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, vascular, hematopoietic cells)
15
Q
high grade v low grade
A
amount of differentiation in cancer cells
low grade = changed little from normal tissue
16
Q
indolent v aggressive
A
behavior of growth
indolent = slow growing
17
Q
ipsilateral v contralateral
A
same side / opposite sides of body
18
Q
adjuvant v neoadjuvant
A
timing of therapy in relation to the main tx
adjuvant = with or after primary tx neoadjuvant = before primary tx
19
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in situ
A
“in its original place”
