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Chapter two
Ch. 2 terminology
Term | Definition |
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dys- | painful, abnormal, difficult, labored |
dia- | through, complete |
hyper- | above, excessive |
hypo- | below, incomplete, deficient |
meta- | after, beyond, change |
neo- | new |
viscer/o | internal organs |
carcin/o | cancer |
eti/o | cause (of disease) |
cyan/o | blue |
lei/o | smooth |
onc/o | tumor, mass |
cyt/o | cell |
kary/o | nucleus |
aden/o | gland |
hist/o | tissue |
epitheli/o | epithelium |
neur/o | nerve |
gno/o | knowledge |
sarc/o | flesh |
path/o | disease |
iatr/o | physician, medicine, treatment |
somat/o | body |
rhabd/o | rod-shaped, striated |
chrom/o | color |
chlor/o | green |
erythr/o | red |
melan/o | black |
leuk/o | white |
xanth/o | yellow |
-plasia | development, growth |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-oid | resembling |
-logist | one who studies and treats |
-oma | tumor, swelling |
-plasm | growth, substance, formation |
-al, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
-genic | producing, originating causing |
-gen | substance or agent tat produces or causes |
-logy | study of |
-pathy | disease |
-cyte | cell |
pro- | before |