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UMT: Ch3 Word Parts
Chapter 3 Cells: Word Parts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ana- | up, toward, apart |
| dys- | bad, abnormal, painful, difficult |
| ep- | upon, over, above, on tip |
| hyper- | excessive, abnormally high, above |
| meta- | after, change |
| neo- | new |
| aden/o | gland |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| chrom/o | color |
| cyt/o | cell |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| gen/o | formation, cause, produce |
| gene/o | formation, cause, produce |
| hist/o | tissue |
| lei/o | smooth |
| lip/o | fat, lipid |
| lymph/o | clear water or fluid |
| mal/o | bad |
| melan/o | dark, blakc |
| my/o | muscle |
| meur/o | sinew or cord, nerve, fascia |
| nucl/o | kernel nucleus |
| nucle/o | kernel, nucleus |
| onc/o | tumor |
| organ/o | tool |
| oste/o | bone |
| rhabd/o | rod |
| sarc/o | flesh, meat |
| thel/i | nipple |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -elle | small |
| -gen | producing, formation, causing |
| -genesis | origin, cause |
| -genic | pertaining to producing, formation, causing |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -lofy | study of |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | abnormal swelling, tumor |
| -osis | condition of |
| -plasia | shape, formation |
| -plasm | something shaped |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| -sis | state of |
| -some | body |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -um | pertaining to |