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Terminology

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aden/o   gland  
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epitheli/o   epithelium  
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hist/o   tissue  
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lip/o   fat  
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cyt/o   cell  
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fibr/o   fiber  
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kary/o   nucleus  
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my/o   muscle  
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neur/o   nerve  
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sarc/o   flesh, connective tissue  
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viscer/o   internal organs  
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eti/o   cause (of disease)  
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organ/o   organ  
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system/o   system  
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cancer/o, carcin/o   cancer  
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gno/o   knowledge  
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iatr/o   physician, medicine (also means treatment)  
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onc/o   tumor, mass  
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rhabd/o   rod-shaped, striated  
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chlor/o   green  
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lei/o   smooth  
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path/o   disease  
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somat/o   body  
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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, abnormal, difficult, labored  
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hyper-   above, excessive  
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hypo-   below, incomplete, deficient  
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meta-   after, beyond, change  
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neo-   new  
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pro-   before  
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-al, -ic, -ous   pertaining to  
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-cyte   cell  
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-gen   substance or agent that produces or causes  
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-genesis   origin, cause  
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-genic   producing, originating, causing  
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-logist   one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)  
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-logy   study of  
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-oid   resembling  
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-oma   tumor, swelling  
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-osis   abnormal condition  
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-pathy   disease  
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-plasia   condition of formation, development, growth  
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-plasm   growth, substance, formation  
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-sarcoma   malignant tumor  
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-sis   state of  
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-stasis   control, stop, standing  
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arthr   joint  
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What is the term for "inflammation of a joint"?   arthritis  
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What is the term for "disease of a joint"?   arthropathy  
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What is the term for "pertaining to the liver"?   hepatic  
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What is the term for "pertaining to under the liver"?   subhepatic  
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What is the term for "pertaining to within the vein"?   intravenous  
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What is the term for "inflammation of the bone"?   osteitis  
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What is the term for "inflammation of the liver"?   hepatitis  
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What is the term for "disease of the bone and joint"?   osteoarthropathy  
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What is the term for "enlargement of the liver"?   hepatomegaly  
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The structure of the human body falls into what four categories?   cells, organs, tissues, systems  
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adenocarcinoma   cancerous tumor of glandular tissue  
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adenoma   tumor composed of glandular tissue (benign)  
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carcinoma (Ca)   cancerous tumor (malignant)  
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chloroma   tumor of green color (malignant, arising from myeloid tissue)  
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epithelioma   tumor composed of epithelium (may be benign of malignant)  
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fibroma   tumor composed of fiber (fibrous tissue) (benign)  
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fibrosarcoma   malignant tumor composed of fiber (fibrous tissue)  
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leiomyoma   tumor composed of smooth muscle (benign)  
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leiomyosarcoma   malignant tumor of smooth muscle  
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lipoma   tumor composed of fat (benign tumor)  
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liposarcoma   malignant tumor of fat  
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melanocarcinoma   cancerous black tumor (malignant)  
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melanoma   black tumor (primarily of the skin)  
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myoma   tumor composed of muscle (benign)  
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neoplasm   new growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor)  
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neuroma   tumor composed of nerve (benign)  
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rhabdomyoma   tumor composed of striated muscle (benign)  
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rhabdomyosarcoma   malignant tumor of striated muscle  
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sarcoma   tumor of connective tissue (such as bone or cartilage) (highly malignant)  
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What is the basic unit of all living things?   cell  
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What is a type of connective tissue?   bone  
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What are regions within the chromosome?   genes  
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What covers the external body surface, and lines body cavities and organs?   epithelial tissue  
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What is the gel-like fluid inside a cell?   cytoplasm  
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What contains chromosomes?   nucleus  
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What coordinates body activities?   nerve tissue  
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What usually produces movement?   muscle tissue  
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What contains genes?   chromosomes  
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What is a chemical that regulates the activities of a cell?   DNA  
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What is the term for "producing cells"?   cytogenic  
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What is the term for "resembling a cell"?   cytoid  
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What is the term for "study of cells"?   cytology  
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What is the term for "abnormal development"?   dysplasia  
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What is the term for "red (blood) cell (RBC)"?   erythrocyte  
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What is the term for "increase in the number of red (blood) cells"?   erythrocytosis  
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What is the term for "study of tissue"?   histology  
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What is the term for "excessive development (number of cells)"?   hyperplasia  
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What is the term for "incomplete development (of an organ or tissues)"?   hypoplasia  
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What is the term for "cell with a nucleus"?   karyocyte  
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What is the term for "substance of a nucleus"?   karyoplasm  
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What is the term for "white (blood) cell (WBC)"?   leukocyte  
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What is the term for "increase in the number of white (blood) cells"?   leukocytosis  
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What is the term for "resembling fat"?   lipoid  
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What is the term for "disease of the muscle"?   myopathy  
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What is the term for "resembling a nerve"?   neuroid  
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What is the term for "pertaining to the body"?   somatic  
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What is the term for "originating in the body (organic as opposed to psychologic)"?   somatogenic  
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What is the term for "disease of the body"?   somatopathy  
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What is the term for "body substance"?   somatoplasm  
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What is the term for "pertaining to a (body) system (or the body as a whole)"?   systemic  
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What is the term for "pertaining to the internal organs"?   visceral  
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Define "cancerous."   pertaining to cancer  
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Define "carcinogen."   substance that causes cancer  
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Define "carcinogenic."   producing cancer  
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Define "cyanosis."   abnormal condition of blue (bluish discoloration of the skin caused by inadequate supply of oxygen in the blood)  
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Define "diagnosis (Dx)."   state of complete knowledge (identifying a disease)  
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Define "etiology."   study of causes (of disease)  
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Define "iatrogenic."   produced by a physician (the unexpected results from a treatment prescribed by a physician)  
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Define "iatrology."   study of medicine  
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Define "metastasis (mets) - plural is metastases."   beyond control (transfer of disease from one organ to another, as in the transfer of malignant tumors)  
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Define "neopathy."   new disease  
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Define "oncogenic."   causing tumors  
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Define "oncologist."   a physician who studies and treats tumors  
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Define "oncology."   study of tumors (a branch of medicine concerned with the study of malignant tumors)  
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Define "pathogenic."   producing disease  
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Define "pathologist."   a physician who studies diseases (examines biopsies and performs autopsies to determine the cause of disease or death)  
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Define "pathology."   study of disease (a branch of medicine dealing with the study of the causes of disease and death)  
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Define "prognosis (Px)."   state of before knowledge (prediction of the outcome of a disease)  
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Define "xanthochromic."   pertaining to yellow color  
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Define "xanthosis."   abnormal condition of yellow (discoloration)  
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benign   not malignant, nonrecurrent, favorable for recovery  
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carcinoma in situ   cancer in the early stage before invading surrounding tissue  
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chemotherapy (chemo)   treatment of cancer with drugs  
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encapsulated   enclosed in a capsule, as with benign tumors  
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exacerbation   increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms  
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idiopathic   pertaining to disease of unknown origin  
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inflammation   response to injury or destruction of tissue characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain  
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in vitro   within a glass, observable within a test tube  
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in vivo   within the living body  
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malignant   tending to become progressively worse and to cause death, as in cancer  
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radiation therapy (XRT)   treatment of cancer with a radioactive substance, x-ray, or radiation (also called radiation oncology and radiotherapy)  
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remission   improvement or absence of signs of disease  
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