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Medical Terminology
Medical Terminology chapter 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| iatr/o | physician; medicine (also mean treatment) |
| eti/o | cause ( of disease) |
| onc/o | tumor; mass |
| -pathy | disease |
| -gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| dia- | through; complete |
| dys- | painful; abnormal; difficult; labored |
| hypo- | below; incomplete; deficient; under |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -genic | producing; originating; causing |
| -oma | tumor; swelling |
| neur/o | nerve |
| sarc/o | flesh; connective tissue |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| chrom/o | color |
| erythr/o | red |
| -oid | resembling |
| -osis | abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots) |
| -plasia | condition of formation; development; growth |
| -al, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
| pro- | before |
| -cyte | cell |
| meta- | after; beyond, changes |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped; striated |
| somat/o | body |
| cyt/o | cell |
| epitheli/o | epithelium |
| leuk/o | white |
| hist/o | tissue |
| lei/o | smooth |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| path/o | disease |
| cancer/o, carcin/o | cancer |
| melan/o | black |
| chlor/o | green |
| cyan/o | blue |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| organ/o | organ |
| lip/o | fat |
| gno/o | knowledge |
| neo- | new |
| hyper- | above; excessive |
| -logist | one who studies and treats (specialist, physician) |
| aden/o | gland |
| system/o | system |
| my/o | muscle |
| -logy | study of |