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Medical Terminology

  1. Aden/o
    Gland
  2. Cyt/o
    Cell
  3. Epitheli/o
    Epithelium 
  4. Fibr/o
    Fiber
  5. Hist/o
    Tissue
  6. Kary/o
    Nucleus
  7. Lip/o
    Fat
  8. My/o
    Muscle
  9. Neur/o
    Nerve
  10. Organ/o
    Organ 
  11. Sarc/o
    flesh, connective tissue
  12. System/o
    system
  13. viscer/o
    internal organs
  14. Cancero/carcio
    cancer
  15. eti/o
    cause (of disease)
  16. gno/o
    knowledge
  17. iatr/o
    physician, medicine
  18. Lei/o
    smooth
  19. onc/o
    tumor, mass
  20. path/o
    disease
  21. rhabd/o
    rod-shaped, striated 
  22. somat/o
    body
  23. Cholor/o
    green
  24. chrom/o
    color
  25. cyan/o
    blue
  26. eryth/o
    red
  27. leuk/o
    white
  28. melan/o
    black
  29. xanth/o
    yellow
  30. dia-
    through, complete
  31. dys-
    painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
  32. hyper-
    above, excessive
  33. hypo-
    below, incomplete, deficient
  34. meta-
    after, beyond, change
  35. neo-
    new
  36. pro-
    before
  37. -al, -ic, -ous
    pertaining to
  38. -cyte
    cell
  39. -gen
    substance or agent that produces or causes
  40. -genic
    producing, originating, causing
  41. -logist 
    one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)
  42. -logy
    study of
  43. -oid
    resembling
  44. -oma
    tumor, swelling
  45. -osis
    abnormal condition (increase with blood roots)
  46. -pathy
    disease
  47. -plasia
    condition of formation, development, growth
  48. -plasm
    growth, substance, formation
  49. -sarcoma
    malignant tumor
  50. -sis
    state of 
  51. -stasis
    control, stop, standing
Author
teknevo
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170482
Card Set
Medical Terminology
Description
Body Structure, Color, Oncology
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