PMI: Anatomy Terminology Flashcards by Emily Huynh

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aden/o

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gland

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cyt/o

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cell

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epitheli/o

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epithelium

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fibr/o

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fiber

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hemat/o

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blood

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hist/o

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tissue

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lip/o

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fat

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my/o

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muscle

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neur/o

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nerve

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organ/o

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organ

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sarc/o

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flesh, connective tissue

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system/o

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system

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viscer/o

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internal organs

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aut/o

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self

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bi/o

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life

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cancer/o

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cancer

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carcin/o

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cancer

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crypt/o

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hidden

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necr/o

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death (of cells, body)

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eti/o

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cause (of disease)

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gno/o

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knowledge

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iatr/o

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physician, medicine (treatment)

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lei/o

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smooth

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onc/o

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tumor, mass

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path/o

disease

rhabd/o

rod-shaped, striated

somat/o

body

vir/o

virus

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

leuk/o

white

melan/o

black

xanth/o

yellow

dia-

through, complete

dys-

painful, abnormal, difficult, labored

hyper-

above, excessive

hypo-

below, incomplete, deficient, under

meta-

after, beyond, change

micro-

small

neo-

new

pro-

before

-al, -ic, -ous

pertaining to

-cyte

cell

-gen

substance or agent that produces or causes

-genic

producing, originating, causing

-logist

one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)

-logy

study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor, swelling

-opsy

view of, viewing

-osis

abnormal condition (increase + blood cell word root)

-pathy

disease

-plasia

condition of formation, development, growth

-plasm

growth, substance, formation

-sarcoma

malignant tumor

-sis

state of

-stasis

control, stop, standing

cytogenic

producing cells

cytology

study of cells

dysplasia

abnormal development

epithelial

pertaining to the epithelium

erythrocyte

RBC

erythrocytosis

increase in number of RBC

histology

study of tissue

hyperplasia

excessive development (in number of cells)

hypoplasia

incomplete development (of organs or tissues)

leukocyte

WBC

leukocytosis

increase in number of WBC

lipoid

resembling fat

myopathy

disease of the muscle

necrosis

condition of cell death (due to disease)

neuropathy

disease of the nerves

organomegaly

enlargement of the organ

somatic

pertaining to the body

somatogenic

originating in the body

systemic

pertaining to a system or the body as a whole

visceral

pertaining to internal organs