combining form / colors Flashcards
(45 cards)
1
Q
chrom/o
A
color(s)
2
Q
chlor/o
A
green
3
Q
cyan/o
A
blue
4
Q
erythr/o
A
red
5
Q
leuk/o
A
white
6
Q
poli/o
A
gray
7
Q
melan/o
A
black
8
Q
xanth/o
A
yellow
9
Q
aden/o
A
gland
10
Q
cyt/o
A
cells
11
Q
epitheli/o
A
epithelium (tissue covering body surface. ex: skin)
12
Q
hist/o
A
tissue
13
Q
lip/o
A
fat
14
Q
my/o
A
muscle
15
Q
viscer/o
A
internal organs
16
Q
system/o
A
system
17
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
18
Q
-pathy, path/o
A
disease
19
Q
cancer/o or carcin/o
A
cancer
20
Q
eti/o
A
cause (of disease)
21
Q
sarc/o
A
flesh, connective tissue
22
Q
-oma
onc/o
A
tumor, mass
23
Q
rhabd/o
A
rod-shaped, striated
24
Q
lei/o
A
smooth
25
dia-
through
26
dys-
difficult, painful, bad
27
hyper-
excessive, above
28
hypo-
below, deficient
29
meta-
beyond
30
neo-
new
31
-al, -if, -ous
pertaining to
32
-osis
abnormal condition, also means increase when used with blood
33
-gen
substance that causes or produces
34
-genic
producing, causing
35
-sarcoma, sarcoma
malignant tumor (cancerous tumor)
36
-plasia
development or formation
37
-plasm
material (substance) that develops or forms cells or tissue
38
diagnosis
identification of a disease or condition
39
benign
not cancerous
| not recurrent, favorable for recovery
40
malignant
tending to become progressively worse. can cause death, such as cancer
41
encapsulated
enclosed in a capsule, as with benign tumors
42
remission
improvement or absence of signs of disease
43
carcinoma in situ
cancer in early state
| before invading surrounding tissue
44
chemotherapy
treatment for cancer with drugs
45
radiation therapy
treatment of cancer with radioactive substance, x-ray, or radiation
