med term chapter two for exploring medical language
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| aden/o | gland
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| cyto | cell
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| epithelio | epithelium
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| fibro | fiber
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| histo | tissue
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| karyo | nucleus
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| lipo | fat
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| myo | muscle
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| neuro | nerve
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| organo | organ
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| sarco | flesh, connective tissue
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| systemo | system
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| viscero | internal organs
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| cancero, carcino | cancer,
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| etio | cause
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| gno | knowlege
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| iatro | physian, medicine
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| leio | smooth
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| onco | tumor, mass
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| patho | disease
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| rhabdo | rod-shaped, striated
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| somato | body
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| chloro | green
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| chromo | color
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| cyano | blue
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| erythro | red
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| leuko | white
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| melano | black
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| xantho | 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
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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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| sacroma | malignant tumor
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| sis | state of
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| stasis | control, stop, standing
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| adenocarcinoma | cancer of the glandular tissue
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| adenoma | tumor of glandular tissue
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| carcinoma | cancerous tumor
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| chloroma | tumor of green color
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| epithelioma | tumor composed of epithelium
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| fibroma | tumor composed of fibrous tissue
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| fibrosarcoma | malignant tumor composed of fiber
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| leiomyoma | tumor composed of smooth muscle
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| leiomyosarcoma | malignant tumor of smooth muscle
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| lipoma | tumor composed of fat
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| liposarcoma | malignant tumor of fat
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| melanocarcinoma | cancerous black tumor
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| melanoma | black tumor
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| myoma | tumor composed of muscle
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| neoplasm | new growth
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| neuroma | tumor compossed of nerves
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| rhabdomyoma | tumor composed of striated muscle
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| rhabdomyosarcoma | malignant tumor of striated muscle
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| sarcoma | tumor of connective tussue
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| cytogenic | producing cells
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| cytoid | resembling a cell
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| cytology | study of cells
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| cytoplasm | cell substance
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| dysplasia | abnormal development
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| epithelial | pertaining to epithelium
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| erythrocyte | red blood cell
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| erythrocytosis | increase in the number of red blood cells
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| histology | study of tissues
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| hyperplasia | excessive development
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| hypoplasia | incomplete development
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| karyocyte | cell with a nucleus
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| leukocyte | white blood cell
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| leukocytosis | increase in the number of white blood cells
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| lipoid | resembling fat
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| myopathy | disease of the muscle
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| neuroid | resembling the nerve
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| somatic | pertaining to the body
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| somatogenic | originating in the body
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| somatopathy | disease of the body
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| somatoplasm | body substance
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| systemic | pertaining to a system
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| visceral | pertaining to the internal organs
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| cancerous | pertaining to cancer
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| carcinogen | substance that causes cancer
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| carcinogenic | producing cancer
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| cyanosis | abnormal condition of blue (blue color of the skin)
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| diagnosis | state of complete knowledge
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| etiology | study of causes
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| iatrogenic | produced by a physician
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| metastasis | beyond control
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| neopathy | new disease
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| oncogenic | causing tumors
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| oncologist | a physician who studies and treats tumors
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| oncology | study of tumors
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| pathogenic | producing disease
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| pathologist | a physician who studies diseases
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| pathology | study of disease
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| prognosis | state of before knowledge
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| xanthochromic | pertaining to yellow color
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| xanthosis | abnormal condition of yellow
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| benign | not malignant, nonrecurrent, favorable for recovery
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| carcinoma in situ | cancer in the early stages before invading surrounding tissue
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| chemotherapy | treatment of cancer with drugs
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| encapsulated | enclosed ina a capsule
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| exacerbation | increase in the severity of a disease or its sympotoms
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| idiopathic | pertaining to disease of unkown origin
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| inflamation | 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
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| radiation therapy | treatmento of cancer witha radioactive substances, x-ray, or radiation
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| remission | improvement or absence of signs of disease
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| CA | carsinoma
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| chemo | chemotherapy
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| Dx | diagnosis
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| mets | metastasis
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| Px | prognosis
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| RBC | red blood cell
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| XRT | radiation therapy
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| WBC | white blood cell
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