Body Structure Flashcards
1
Q
Gland
A
aden/o
2
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
3
Q
epitheli/o
A
epithelium
4
Q
fibr/o
A
fiber
5
Q
hist/o
A
tissue
6
Q
kary/o
A
nucleus
7
Q
lip/o
A
fat
8
Q
my/o
A
fat
9
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
10
Q
organ/o
A
nerve
11
Q
sarc/o
A
flesh/connective tissue
12
Q
system/o
A
system
13
Q
arther
A
Joint
14
Q
hepat
A
liver
15
Q
ven
A
vein
16
Q
oste
A
bone
17
Q
-itis
A
Inflammation
18
Q
-ic
A
pertaining to
19
Q
-ous
A
pertaining to
20
Q
-pathy
A
disease
21
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
22
Q
-intra
A
within
23
Q
-sub
A
under
24
Q
cancer/o carcin/o
A
cancer
25
eti/o
cause (of disease)
26
gno/0
knowledge
27
iatr/o
physician medicine (also means treatment)
28
lei/o
smooth
29
onc/o
tumor, mass
30
path/o
disease
31
rhabd/o
rod-shapped striated
32
somato/o
body
33
chlor/o
green
34
chrom/o
color
35
cyan/o
blue
36
erthr/o
red
37
leuk/o
white
38
melan/o
black
39
xanth/o
yellow
40
dia-
through, complete
41
dys-
painful , abnormal, difficult, labored
42
hyper-
above, excessive
43
hypo-
below, incomplete, deficient
44
meta-
after, beyond, change
45
neo-
new
46
pro-
before
47
-al, -is, -ous
pertaining to
48
-cyte
cell NOTE: the combining form for cell is cyt/o the suffix for -cyte ending with an "e"
49
-gen
substance or agent that produces or causes
50
-genic
producing, originating, causing
51
-logist
one who studies or treats
52
-logy
study of
53
-oid
resembling of
54
-oma
swelling, tumor
55
-osis
abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots)
56
-pathy
disease
57
-plasia
condition of formation, development, growth
58
-plasm
growth, substance, formation
59
-sarcoma
maligenant tumor
60
-stasis
control, stop, standing
61
CA
carcinoma
62
chemo
chemotherapy
63
Dx
diagnosis
64
mets
metastasis
65
Px
prognosis
66
RBC
red blood cell
67
XRT
radiation therapy
68
WBC
white blood cell
