Medical Terminology Chapters 1 & 2

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aden/o

gland

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cyt/o

cell

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epitheli/o

epithelium

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eti/o

cause of disease

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fibr/o

fiber, fibrous tissue

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hist/o

tissue

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kary/o

nucleus

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lip/o

fat

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my/o

muscle

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neur/o

nerve

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organ/o

organ

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sarc/o

sacrum

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system/o

system

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viscer/o

internal organs

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cancer/o

cancer

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carcin/o

cancerous, cancer

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iatr/o

physician

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gn/o

knowledge

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onc/o

tumor

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lei/o

smooth

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somat/o

mouth

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rhabd/o

rod-shaped, striated

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chlor/o

green

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chrom/o

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, difficult, abnormal

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hyper-

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-, pre-

before

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-plasia

condition of formation, development, growth

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-gen

substance or agent that produces or causes

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-genic

producing, causing, originating

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-ic, -ous

pertaining to

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-oma

tumor

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-osis

abnormal condition

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-pathy

disease

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-itis

inflammation

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-logy

study of

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-logsit

one who studies and treats

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-stasis

control, stop, standing

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-oid

resembling

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-sarcoma

malignant tumor

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-megaly

enlargement

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-plasm

growth, substance, formation

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