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MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words

Four word parts

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  1. Word root 2. Prefix 3. Suffix 4. Combining form
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Word root

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the word part that is the core of the word. eg. play/er, play is the word root; arthr/itis, arthr (which means joint) is the word root hepat/itis, hepat (which means liver) is the word Root

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Suffix

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word part attached to the end of the word rot to modify its meaning eg. play/er, -er is the suffix hepat/ic, -ic (which means pertaining to) is the suffix Hepat/itis, -itis (which mean inflammation) is the suffix

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Prefix

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word part attached to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning eg. re/play, re- is the prefix sub/hepat/ic, sub- (which means under) is the prefix intra/ven/ous, intra- (which means within) is the prefix, ven (which means vein) is the word root, -ous (which means pertaining to) is the suffix

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Combining Form

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a word root with the combining vowel attached, separated by a vertical slash eg. arthr/o oste/o

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Combining Vowel

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the word part, usually an O, used to ease pronunciation eg. oste/o/arthr/itis

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Four guidelines for using combining vowels

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  1. When combining a word root and a suffix , a combining vowel is used if the suffix does not begin with a vowel 2. When connecting a word and a suffix, a combining vowel is usually not used if the suffix begins with a vowel 3. When connecting two word roots, a combining vowel is usually used even if the vowels are present at the junction 4. When connecting a prefix and a word root, a combining vowel is not used
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Cell

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basic unit of all living things

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cell membrane

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forms the boundary of the cell

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cytoplasm

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gel-like fluid inside the cell

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nucleus

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largest structure within the cell, it contains chromosomes fro the cellular reproduction and is the control center of the cell

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chromosomes

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located in the nucleus of the cell.

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genes

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regions within the chromosome that determine hereditary characteristics

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DNA (deoxyribonuleic acid)

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comprises each gene; is a genetic material that regulates the activities of the cell

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Tissue

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group of similar cells that preforms a specific function

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muscle tissue

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composed of cells that have a special ability to contract, usually producing movement

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nervous tissue

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found in the nerves, spinal cord, and brain, It is responsible for coordinating and controlling body activities

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connective tissue

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connects, supports, penetrates, and encases various body structures. Adipose (fat), osseous (bone) tissues and blood are types of connective tissue.

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epithelial tissue

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the major covering of the external surface of the body; forms membranes that line body cavities and organs and is the major tissue in glands

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Organ

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Two or more kinds of tissue that work together to preform complex body functions. eg skin

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system

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group of organs that work together to preform complex body functions. eg the cardiovascular system

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Integumentary System

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composed of skin, nails, glans. Forms a protective covering for the body, regulates body temperature, and helps manufacture vitamin D.

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Respiratory System

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Composed of nose, pharynx (throat), larynx (voice box), trachea (windpipe), bronchial tubes, and lungs. Performs respiration which provides for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide within the body

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Urinary System

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Composed of kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. Removes waste material (urine) from the body, regulates fluid volume, and maintains electrolyte concentration

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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Reproductive System
Female reproductive system is composed of ovaries, uterine tubes, uterus, vagina, and mammary glands. Male reproductive system is composed of testes, urethra, penis, prostate gland, and associated tubes. Responsible for heredity and reproduction.
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Cardiovascular System
Composed of the heart and blood vessels. Pumps and transports blood throughout the body.
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Lymphatic System
Composed of a network of vessels, ducts, nodes, and organs. Provides defense against infection.
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Digestive System
Composed of the gastrointestinal tract which includes the esophagus, stomach, large and small intestine plus accessory organs, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas. Prepares food for use by the body cells and eliminates waste.
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Musculoskeletal System
Composed of muscle, bones, and joints. Provides movement and framework for the body, protects vital organs such as the brain, stores calcium, and produces red blood cells.
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Nervous System
Composed of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. Regulates body activities by sending and receiving messages.
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Endocrine System
Composed of glands that secrete hormones. Hormones regulate many body activities.
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Cranial Cavity
Space inside the skull (cranium) containing the brain
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Spinal Cavity
Space inside the spinal column containing the spinal cord
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Thoracic, or chest, cavity
Space containing the heart, aorta, lungs, esophagus, trachea, and bronchi
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Abdominal cavity
space containing the stomach, intestines, kidneys, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, and ureters
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Pelvic Cavity
space containing the urinary bladder, certain reproductive organs, parts of the small and large intestine, and the recrum
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Abdominopelvic cavity
both the pelvic and abdominal cavities
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words aden/o
gland
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words cyt/o
cell
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words epitheli/o
epithelium
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words fibr/o
fiber
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words hist/o
tissue
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words kary/o
nucleus
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words lip/o
fat
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words my/o
muscle
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words neur/o
nerve
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words organ/o
organ
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words system/o
system
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words viscer/o
internal organs
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Cancer/o
Cancer
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words eti/o
Cause (of disease)
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words gno/o
Knowledge
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words iatr/o
physician, medicine
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words lei/o
smooth
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words onc/o
tumor, mass
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words path/o
disease
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words rhabd/o
rod-shaped, striated
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words somat/o
body
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -al, -ic, - ous
pertaining to
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -cyte
cell
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -gen
substance or agent that produces or causes
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -genic
producing, originating, causing
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -logist
one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -logy
study of
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -oid
resembeling
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -oma
tumor or swelling
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -osis
abnormal condition (means increasing when used with blood word roots)
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -pathy
disease
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -plasia
condition of formation, development, growth
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -plasm
growth, substance, formation
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -sarcoma
malignant tumor
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -sis
state of
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -stasis
control, stop, standing
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words adenocarcinoma (ad-e-no-kar-si-NO-ma)
cancerous tumor of the glandular tissue
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words adenoma (ad-e-NO-ma)
tumor composed of glandular tissue (benign)
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Carcinoma (kar-si-NO-ma)
Cancerous tumor (malignant)
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Chloroma (klo-RO-ma)
tumor of green color
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Epithilioma (ep-i-the-le-O-ma)
tumor composed of epithelium (may be benign or malignant)
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words fibroma
Tumor composed of fiber (fibirous tissue, benign)
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words fibrosarcoma (fi-bro-sar-KO-ma)
malignant tumor composed of fiber (fiberous tissue)
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words leiomyoma (li-o-mi-O-ma)
Tumor composed of smooth muscle (benign)
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words leiomyosarcoma (li-o-mi-o-sar-KO-ma)
Malignant tumor of smooth muscle
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Lipoma (li-PO-ma)
Benign tumor of fat
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Liposarcoma (Li-PO-sar-KO-ma)
Malignant tumor of fat
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Melanocarcinoma (mel-a-no-kar-si-NO-ma
cancerous black tumor
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words melanoma
Black tumor (primarily of the skin)
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words myoma (mi-o-ma)
Tumor composed of muscle
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words neoplasm (NE-o-plazm)
new growth or abnormal tissue or tumor)
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words neuroma (nu-RO-ma)
Tumor composed of nerver (benign)
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words rhabdomyoma (rab-do-mi-o-sar-KO-ma)
Benign tumor composed of striated muscle
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words rhabdomyosarcoma (rab-do-mi-o-sar-KO-ma)
malignant tumor of striated muscle
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words sarcoma
highly malignant tumor of connective tissue (such as bone or cartilage)
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words cytogenic (si-to-Jen-ik)
producing cells
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words cytoid (SI-toid)
resembling a cell
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words cytology (si-TOL-o-je)
study of cells
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words cytoplasm (si-to-plazm)
cell substance
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words dysplasia (dis-PLA-zha)
abnormal development
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words epithelial
pertaining to the epithelium
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words erythrocyte (e-RITH-ro-sit)
red (blood) cell
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words erythrocytosis
incease in the red blood cells
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words histology
study of tissue
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words hyperplasia
(excessive development
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words hypoplasia (hi-po-PLA-zha)
incomplete development of an organ or tissue
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words karyocyte (Kar-e-o-sit)
cell with nucleus
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words karyoplasm (KAR-e-o-plasm)
substance of the nucleus
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words leukocyte (LU-ko-sit)
white (blood) cell
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words leukocytosis (lu-ko-si-TO-sis)
increase in the number of white blood cells
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words lipoid (LIP-oid)
Resembeling fat
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words myopathy (mi-OP-a-the)
disease of the muscle
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words neuroid (NU-royd)
resembeling nerve
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words somatic
pertaining to the body
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words somatogenic
origintain in the body (organic as opposed to psychologic)
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words somatopathy
disease of the body
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words somatoplasm
body substance
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words systemic
pertaining to a body system or the body as a whole)
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words visceral (VIS-er-al)
pertaining to the internal organs
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words diagnosis (Dx)
state of complete knowledge (indetifying a disease)
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words etiology
study of the cause of disease
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words iatrogenic (i-at-ro-JEN-ik)
produced by a physician
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words iatrology (i-at-TROL-o-je)
study of medicine
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words metastasis
beyond control (spread of disease from one organ to another, as in the transfer of malignant tumors)
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words neopathy
new disease
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words oncongenic (ong-ko-JEN-ik)
causing tumors
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words oncologist
a physican who studies and treat tumors
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words oncology
study of tumors
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words organic
pertaining to an organ
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words organoid
resembeling an organ
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words pathogenic
producing disease
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words pathologist
a physician who studies diseases
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words pathology
study of disease
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words prognosis
state of before knowledge
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words xanthochromic (zan-tho-KRO-mik)
pertaining to yellow color
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words xanthosis (zan-THO-sis)
abnormal condition of yellow (discoloration)
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -a
singular ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -ax
singular ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -is
singular ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -ix
singular ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -ma
singular ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -on
singular ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -sis
singular ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -um
singular ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -us
singular ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -nx
singular ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -y
singular ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -ae
Plural ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -aces
Plural ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -es
Plural ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -ices
Plural ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -mata
Plural ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -a
Plural ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -ses
Plural ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -i
Plural ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -nges
Plural ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words -ies
Plural ending
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words CA
carcinoma
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Chemo
Chemotherapy
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words DX
diagnosis
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words mets
metastasis
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words Px
prognosis
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words RBC
Red Blood Cell
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words XRT
radiation Therapy
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# MedTerm Overview - Prefix, Suffix, Combining Words WBC
white blood cell count

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