Chapter 2: Word Parts Flashcards by Allie Kroll

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aden/o

Example: aden/oma

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Gland

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cancer/o, carcin/o

Example: cancer/ous

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Cancer

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chlor/o

Example: chlor/oma

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Green

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chrom/o

Example: xanth/o/chrom/ic

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Color

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cyan/o

Example: cyan/osis

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Blue

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cyt/o

Example: cyt/o/logy

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Cell

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epitheli/o

Example: epitheli/oma

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Epithelium

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erythr/o

Example: erythr/o/cyte

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Red

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eti/o

Example: eti/o/logy

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Cause (of disease)

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fibr/o

Example: fibr/o/sarcoma

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Fiber

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hist/o

Example: hist/o/logy

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Tissue

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gno/o

Example: pro/gno/sis

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Knowledge

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iatr/o

Example: iatr/o/genic

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Physician, Medicine (also means treatment)

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kary/o

Example: kary/o/plasm

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Nucleus

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lei/o

Example: lei/o/my/oma

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Smooth

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leuk/o

Example: leuk/o/cyte

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White

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lip/o

Example: lip/oma

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Fat

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melan/o

Example: melan/oma

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Black

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my/o

Example: my/o/pathy

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Muscle

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neur/o

Example: neur/oma

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Nerve

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onc/o

Example: onc/o/logist

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Tumor, Mass

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path/o

Example: path/o/genic

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Disease

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organ/o

Example: organ/ic

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Organ

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rhabd/o

Example: rhabd/o/my/oma

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Rod-shaped, striated

sarc/o Example: sarc/oma

Flesh, connective tissue

somat/o Example: somat/o/plasm

Body

system/o Example: system/ic

System

viscer/o Example: viscer/al

Internal organs

xanth/o Example: xanth/o/chrom/ic

Yellow

dia- Example: dia/gno/sis

Through, complete

dys- Example: dys/plasia

Painful, abnormal, difficult, labored

hyper- Example: hyper/plasia

Above, excessive

hypo- Example: hypo/plasia

Below, incomplete, deficient, under

meta- Example: meta/stasis

After, beyond, change

neo- Example: neo/plasm

New

pro- Example: pro/gno/sis

Before

-al, -ic, -ous Example: epitheli/al

Pertaining to

-cyte Example: erythr/o/cyte

Cell

-gen Example: carcin/o/gen

Substance or agent that produces or causes

-genic Example: carcin/o/genic

Producing, originating, causing

-logist Example: onc/o/logist

One who studies and treats (specialist or physician)

-logy Example: onc/o/logy

Study of

-megaly Example: organ/o/megaly

Enlargement

-oid Example: cyt/oid

Resembling

-oma Example: fibr/oma

Tumor, swelling

-osis Example: cyan/osis

Abnormal condition | means INCREASE when used with blood cell word roots

-pathy Example: somat/o/pathy

Disease

-plasia Example: hyper/plasia

Condition of formation, development, growth

-plasm Example: neo/plasm

Growth, substance, formation

-sarcoma Example: aden/o/sarcoma

Malignant tumor

-sis Example: pro/gno/sis

State of

-stasis Example: meta/stasis

Control, stop, standing