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Terminology Week 1
The terms I didn't know right off the bat for week 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -sis | state of |
| iatr/o | physician, medicine (also means treatment) |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
| hist/o | tissue |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| eti/o | cause (of disease) |
| gno/o | knowledge |
| meta- | after, beyond, change |
| hypo- | below, incomplete, deficient |
| -gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| somat/o | body |
| -plasm | growth, substance, formation |
| -plasia | condition of formation, development, growth |
| dys- | painful, abnormal, difficult, labored |
| dia- | through, complete |
| erythr/o | red |
| -stasis | control, stop, standing |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -oid | resembling |
| hyper- | above, excessive |
| -genic | producing, originating, causing |