Medical Terminology

cytogenic

producing cells
cytoid

resembling a cell
cytology

study of cells
cytoplasm

cell substance
dysplasia

abnormal development
epithelial

pertaining to epithelium
erythrocyte (RBC)

red (blood) cell
erythrocytosis

increase in the number of red (blood) cells
histology

study of tissue
hyperplasia

excessive development (number of cells)
hypoplasia

incomplete development (of and organ or tissue)
karyocyte

cell with a nucleus
karyoplasm

substance of a nucleus
leukocyte

white (blood) cell
leukocytosis

increase in the number of white (blood) cells
lipoid

resembling fat
myopathy

disease of the muscle
neuroid

resembling a nerve
somatic

pertaining to the body
somatogenic

originating in the body (organic as opposed to psychologic)
somatopathy

disease of the body
somatoplasm

body substance
systemic

pertaining to a (body) system (or the body as a whole)
visceral

pertaining to the internal organs

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Medical Terminology

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body structure

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2010-01-13T04:24:37Z

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