Chapter 2 Flashcards
(133 cards)
1
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aden/o
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gland
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cyt/o
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cell
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epitheli/o
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epithelium
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fibr/o
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fiber
5
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hist/o
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tissue
6
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kary/o
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nucleus
7
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lip/o
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fat
8
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my/o
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muscle
9
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neur/o
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nerve
10
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organ/o
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organ
11
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sarc/o
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flesh,connective tissue
12
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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 (disease characterized by unregulated abnormal growth of new cells)
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eti/o
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cause (of disease)
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gno/o
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knowledge
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iatr/o
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physician,medicine
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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,under
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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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-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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-megaly
englargement
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-oid
resembling
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-oma
tumor,swelling
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-osis
abnormal condition
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-pathy
diseas
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-plasia
condition of formation,development,growth
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-plasm
growth,substance,formation
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-sarcoma
malignant tumor
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-sis
state of
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-stasis
control,stop,standing
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adenocarcinoma
cancerous tumor of glandular tissue
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adenoma
tumor composed of glandular tissue
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carcinoma
cancerous tumor
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chlorma
tumor of green color
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epithelioma
tumor composed of epithelium
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fibroma
tumor composed of fiber
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fibrosarcoma
malignant tumor composed of fiber
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leiomyoma
tumor composed of smooth muslce
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leiomyosarcoma
malignant tumor of smooth muslce
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lipoma
tumor composed of fat
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liposarcoma
malignant tumor of fat
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melanocarcinoma
cancerous black tumor
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melanoma
black tumor
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myoma
tumor composed of muscle
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neoplasm
new growth
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neuorma
tumor composed of nerve
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rhabdomyoma
tumor composed of striated muscle
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rhabdomyosarcoma
malignant tumor of striated muscle
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sarcoma
tumor of connective tissue
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cytogenic
producing cells
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cytoid
resembling a cell
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cytology
study of cells
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cytoplasm
cell substance
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dysplasia
abnormal development
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epithelial
pertaining to epitherlium
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erythrocyte
red blood cell
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erythrocytosis
increase in number of RBCs
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histology
study of tissue
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hyperplasia
excessive development
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hypoplasia
incomplete development
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karyocyte
cell w/nucleus
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karyoplasm
substance of nucleus
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leukocyte (WBC)
white blood cells
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leukocytosis
increase in number of WBCs
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lipoid
resembling fat
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myopathy
disease of muscle
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neuroid
resembling a nerve
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organmegaly
enlargement of organ
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somatic
pertaining to body
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somatogenic
originating in body
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somatopathy
disease of body
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somatoplasm
body substance
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systemic
pertaining to a (body) system
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visceral
pertaining to internal organs
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cancerous
pertaining to cancer
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carcinogen
substance that causes cancer
99
carcinogenic
producing cancer
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cyanosis
abnormal condition of blue (bluish discoloration)
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diagnosis
state of complete knowledge
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etiology
study of causes
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iatrogenic
produced by a physician
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iatrology
study of medicine
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metastasis
beyond control
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oncogenic
causing tumors
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oncologist
physician who studies and treats (malignant) tumors
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oncology
study of tumors
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organic
pertaining to organ
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pathogenic
producing disease
111
pathologist
physician who studies diseases
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pathology
study of disease
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prognosis
state of before knowledge
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xanthochromic
pertaining to yellow color
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xanthosis
abnormal condition of yellow
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apoptosis
programmed cell death, destroy damaged or defective cells
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benign
not malignant, nonrecurrent
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biological therapy
treatment of cancer w/biological response modifiers that work w/immune system
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carcinoma in situ
cancer in early stage before invading surrounding tissue
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chemotheraphy
treatment of cancer w/drugs
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encapsulated
enclosed within a capsule, as w/benign or malignant tumors that have not spread beyond the capsule of organ in which it originated
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exacerbation
increase in severity of a disease or its symptoms
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hospice
provides palliative or supportive care for terminally ill patients and their families
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idiopathic
pertaining to disease of unknown origin
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inflammation
swelling
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in vitro
within a glass,observable within test tube
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in vivo
within living body
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malignant
tending to become progressively worse and to cause death as in cancer
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morbidity
state of being diseased or unwell
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mortality
state of being mortal (death)
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palliative
providing relief but not cure
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radiation therapy (XRT)
treatment of cancer w/radioactive substance, x-ray, or radiation
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remission
improvement or absence of signs of disease
