Ch. 2 Word Parts Flashcards
(52 cards)
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Cyt/o
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Cell
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Aden/o
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Gland
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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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Hist/o
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Tissue
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Kary/o
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Nucleus
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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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Cancer/o ; carcin/o
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Cancer
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Eti/o
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Cause (or disease)
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Gno/o
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Knowledge
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Iatr/o
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Physician ; medicine ; (also means 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
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Disease
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Rhabd/o
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Rod-shaped ; striated
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Somat/o
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Body
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Chlor/o
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Green
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Chrom/o
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Color
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Cyan/o
Blue
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Erythr/o
Red
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Leuk/o
White
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Melan/o
Black
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Xanth/o
Yellow
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Dia-
Through ; complete
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Dys-
Painful ; abnormal ; difficult ; labored
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Hyper-
Above ; excessive
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Hypo-
Below ; incomplete ; deficient
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Meta-
After ; beyond ; change
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Neo-
New
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Pro-
Before
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-al ; -ic ; -ous
Pertaining to
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-cyte
Cell
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-gen
Substance or agent that produces or causes
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-genesis
Origin ; cause
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-genic
Producing ; originating ; causing
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-logist
One who studies and treats
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-logy
Study of
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-oid
Resembling
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-oma
Tumor ; swelling
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-osis
Abnormal condition
| Means INCREASE when used with blood cell word roots
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-pathy
Disease
47
-plasia
Condition of formation, development, growth
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-plasm
Growth ; substance ; formation
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-sarcoma
Malignant tumor
50
-sis
State of
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-stasis
Control ; stop ; standing
