Ch 2 - body, structure, color, oncology

Question 1

-gen

Answer 1

substance or agent that produces or causes

Question 2

chlor/o

Answer 2

green

Question 3

melan/o

Answer 3

black

Question 4

xanth/o

Answer 4

yellow

Question 5

dia-

Answer 5

complete

Question 6

dys-

Answer 6

painful, abnormal, difficult, labored

Question 7

pro-

Answer 7

before

Question 8

what organs are inside the thoracic cavity?

Answer 8

heart, aorta, lungs, esophagus, trachea, bronchi, mediastinal area

Question 9

what organs are inside the abdominal cavity?

Answer 9

stomach, intestines, kidneys, adrenal glands, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, ureters

Question 10

adenocarcinoma

Answer 10

cancerous tumor of glandular tissue

Question 11

adenoma

Answer 11

tumor of glandular tissue

Question 12

carcinoma

Answer 12

cancerous tumor (malignant)

Question 13

sarcoma

Answer 13

tumor of connective tissue (such as bone or cartilage; highly malignant)

Question 14

kary/o

Answer 14

nucleus

Question 15

aden/o

Answer 15

gland

Question 16

cyt/o

Answer 16

cell

Question 17

sarc/o

Answer 17

flesh, connective tissue

Question 18

viscer/o

Answer 18

internal organs

Question 19

eti/o

Answer 19

cause (of disease)

Question 20

gno/o

Answer 20

knowledge

Question 21

iatr/o

Answer 21

physician, medicine, treatment

Question 22

lei/o

Answer 22

smooth

Question 23

onc/o

Answer 23

disease

Question 24

-plasia

Answer 24

condition of formation, development, growth

Question 25

-al, -ic, -ous

Answer 25

pertaining to

Question 26

-cyte

Answer 26

cell

Question 27

-genic

Answer 27

producing, originating, causing

Question 28

-logist

Answer 28

one who studies and treats

Question 29

-logy

Answer 29

study of

Question 30

-megaly

Answer 30

enlargement

Question 31

-oid

Answer 31

resembling

Question 32

-oma

Answer 32

tumor, swelling

Question 33

-osis

Answer 33

abnormal condition

Question 34

-plasm

Answer 34

growth, substance, formation

Question 35

-sarcoma

Answer 35

malignant tumor

Question 36

-sis

Answer 36

state of

Question 37

-stasis

Answer 37

control, stop, standing

Question 38

rhabd/o

Answer 38

rod-shaped, striated

Question 39

somat/o

Answer 39

body

Question 40

metastasis

Answer 40

beyond control

Question 41

prognosis

Answer 41

state of before knowledge (prediction of the outcome of disease based on the pt's signs, symptoms, and test results)

Question 42

singular -a

Answer 42

plural -ae

Question 43

singular -ax

Answer 43

plural -aces

Question 44

singular -is

Answer 44

plural -es

Question 45

singular -ix

Answer 45

plural -ices

Question 46

singular -ma

Answer 46

plural -mata

Question 47

singular -nx

Answer 47

plural -nges

Question 48

singular -on

Answer 48

plural -a

Question 49

singular -sis

Answer 49

plural -ses

Question 50

singular -um

Answer 50

plural -a

Question 51

singular -us

Answer 51

plural -i

Question 52

singular -y

Answer 52

plural -ies

Question 53

CA

Answer 53

carcinoma

Question 54

METS

Answer 54

metastases

Question 55

Px

Answer 55

prognosis

Question 56

XRT

Answer 56

radiation therapy