Chapter 2 Flashcards
1
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aden/o
A
gland
2
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cyt/o
A
cell
3
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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
muscle
9
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
10
Q
organ/o
A
organ
11
Q
sarc/o
A
flesh, connective tissue
12
Q
system/o
A
system
13
Q
viscer/o
A
internal organs
14
Q
cancer/o
A
cancer
15
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
16
Q
eti/o
A
cause (of disease)
17
Q
gno/o
A
knowledge
18
Q
iatr/o
A
physician, medicine (also means treatment)
19
Q
lei/o
A
smooth
20
Q
onc/o
A
tumor, mass
21
Q
path/o
A
disease
22
Q
rhabd/o
A
rod-shaped, striated
23
Q
somat/o
A
body
24
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chlor/o
A
green
25
chrom/o
color
26
cyan/o
blue
27
erythr/o
red
28
leuk/o
white
29
melan/o
black
30
xanth/o
yellow
31
dia-
through, complete
32
dys-
painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
33
hyper-
above, excessive
34
hypo-
below, incomplete, deficient
35
meta-
after, beyond, change
36
neo-
new
37
pro-
before
38
-al
pertaining to
39
-ic
pertaining to
40
-ous
pertaining to
41
-cyte
cell
42
-gen
substance or agent that produces or causes
43
-genic
producing, originating, causing
44
-logist
one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)
45
-logy
study of
46
-oid
resembling
47
-oma
tumor, swelling
48
-osis
abnormal condition
49
-pathy
disease
50
-plasia
condition of formation, development, growth
51
-plasm
growth, substance, formation
52
-sarcoma
malignant tumor
53
-sis
state of
54
-stasis
control, stop, standing
55
adenocarinoma
cancerous tumor of glandular tissue
56
adenoma
tumor composed of glandular tissue
57
carcinoma
cancerous tumor
58
chloroma
tumor of green color
59
epithelioma
tumor composed of epithelium
60
fibroma
tumor composed of fiber
61
fibrosarcoma
malignant tumor composed of fiber
62
leiomyoma
tumor composed of smooth muscle
63
leiomyosarcoma
malignant tumor of smooth muscle
64
lipoma
tumor composed of fat
65
liposarcoma
malignant tumor of fat
66
melanocarcinoma
cancerous black tumor
67
melanoma
black tumor
68
myoma
tumor composed of muscle
69
neoplasm
new growth
70
neuroma
tumor composed of nerve
71
rhabdomyoma
tumor composed of straited muscle
72
rhabdomyosarcoma
malignant tumor of striated muscle
73
sarcoma
tumor of connective tissue
74
cytogenic
producing cells
75
cytoid
resembling a cell
76
cytology
study of cells
77
cytoplasm
cell substance
78
dysplasia
abnormal development
79
epithelial
pertaining to epithelium
80
erythrocyte
red blood cell
81
erythrocytosis
increase in the number of red
82
histology
study of tissue
83
hyperplasia
excessive development
84
hypoplasia
incomplete development
85
karyocyte
cell with a nucleus
86
karyoplasm
substance of a nucleus
87
leukocyte
white blood cell
88
leukocytosis
increase in the number of white blood cells
89
lipoid
resembling fat
90
myopathy
disease of the muscle
91
neuroid
resembling a nerve
92
somatic
pertaining to the body
93
somatogenic
originating in the body
94
somatopathy
disease of the body
95
somatoplasm
body substance
96
systemic
pertaining to a body system
97
visceral
pertaining to the internal organ
98
cancerous
pertaining to cancer
99
carcinogen
substance that causes cancer
100
carcinogenic
producing cancer
101
cyanosis
abnormal condition of blue
102
diagnosis
complete state of identifying
103
etiology
study of causes
104
iatrogenic
produced by a physician
105
iatrology
study of medicine
106
metastasis
beyond control
107
neopathy
new disease
108
oncogenic
causing tumors
109
oncologist
a physician who studies and treats tumors
110
oncology
study of tumors
111
organic
pertaining to an organ
112
organoid
resembling an organ
113
pathogenic
producing disease
114
pathologist
a physician who studies disease
115
pathology
study of disease
116
prognosis
state of before knowledge
117
xanthochromic
pertaining to yellow color
118
xanthosis
abnormal condition of yellow
119
anter/o
front
120
caud/o
tail (downward)
121
cephal/o
head (upward)
122
dist/o
away
123
dors/o
back
124
infer/o
below
125
later/o
side
126
medi/o
middle
127
poster/o
back, behind
128
proxim/o
near
129
super/o
above
130
ventr/o
belly
131
bi-
two
132
uni-
one
133
-ad
toward
134
-ior
pertaining to
135
caudad
toward the tail (downward)
136
cephalad
toward the head
137
lateral
pertaining to a side
138
medial
pertaining to the middle
139
unilateral
pertaining to one side
140
bilateral
pertaining to two sides
141
mediolateral
pertaining to the middle and to the side
142
distal
pertaining to away
143
proximal
pertaining to near
144
inferior
pertaining to below
145
superior
pertaining to above
146
caudal
pertaining to the tail
147
cephalic
pertaining to the head
148
anterior
pertaining to the front
149
posterios
pertaining to the back
150
dorsal
pertaining to the back
151
ventral
pertaining to the belly (front)
152
anteroposterior
pertaining to the front and to the back
153
posteroanterior
pertaining to the back and to the front
