Chapter 19 - Oncology Flashcards
(42 cards)
1
Q
aden/o
A
gland
2
Q
astr/o
A
star
3
Q
blast/o
A
embryonic or developing cell
4
Q
cac/o
A
ill, unpleasant, bad
5
Q
cancer/o
A
cancer
6
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
7
Q
cauter/o
A
head, burn
8
Q
chem/o
A
chemical, drug
9
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
10
Q
cry/o
A
cold
11
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
12
Q
fibr/o
A
fibres
13
Q
gli/o
A
glue
14
Q
gnos/o
A
knowledge
15
Q
hist/o
A
tissue
16
Q
histi/o
A
tissue
17
Q
immun/o
A
protection
18
Q
leuc/o
leuk/o
A
white
19
Q
melan/o
A
black
20
Q
mut/a
A
genetic change
21
Q
onc/o
A
tumour
22
Q
papill/o
A
nipple-shaped projection
23
Q
plas/o
A
formation
24
Q
polyp/o
A
polyp
25
radi/o
x-rays, radius
26
rhabd/o
rod shaped, striated (skeletal)
27
sarc/o
flesh
28
scirrh/o
hard
29
ana-
up, towards, apart
30
brachy-
short
31
epi-
above, upon, on
32
meta-
change, beyond
33
neo-
new
34
pleio-
| pleo-
more
35
tele-
distant, end, far, complete
36
-blastoma
immature tumour
37
-genesis
pertaining to formation, producing
38
-oma
tumour
39
-plasia
formation, development, growth
40
-plasm
growth, formation, substance
41
-suppression
to stop
42
-therapy
treatment
