Unit 3 Terms Flashcards
aden/o
gland
ather/o
fatty, porridge-like
carcin/o
cancer
cerebr/o
cerebrum
cephal/o
head
emes/o
vomiting
emet/o
vomiting
emetic/o
vomiting
encephal/o
brain, inside the head
fibr/o
fibrous
lei/o
smooth
lip/o
fat
lymph/o
lymphatic
melan/o
dark pigmented, black
mening/o
meninges
my/o
muscle
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
nat/o
birth
ne/o
birth
neur/o
nerve
onc/o
tumor
oste/o
bone
papill/o
small elevation of tissue
pariet/o
wall
periton/o
peritoneum
pleur/o
lung lining or membrane
poli/o
gray
psych/o
mind
rhabd/o
rod shaped
spin/o
spinal
viscer/o
organ
anti-
against
dys-
difficult, painful
hydro-
water
hyper-
above, increased
hypo-
below, decreased
neo-
new
-algia or -algic
pain
-blast
embryonic or immature
-cele
hernia
-ectomy
excision
-genesis
generate
iatrist
specialist, physician
-malacia
softening
-oid
like, resembling
-oma
tumor
-ous
material, condition
-pathy
disease
-philia
love
-phobia
fear
-plasia
development
-plasm
growth of tissue
-tomy
incision
-trophy
development
-tropic
affecting