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Med Term Ch 19
Chapter 19 Med Term (Cancer Medicine - Oncology)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alveol/o | small sac |
| Cac/o | bad |
| Carcin/o | cancer/cancerous |
| Cauter/o | burn/heat |
| Chem/o | chemical/drug |
| Cry/o | cold |
| Cyst/o | sac of fluid |
| Fibr/o | fibers |
| Follicul/o | small glandular sacs |
| Fung/i | fungus/mushroom |
| Medull/o | soft/inner part |
| Mucos/o | mucous membrane |
| Mut/a | genetic change |
| Mutagen/o | causing genetic change |
| Necr/o | death |
| Neur/o | nerve |
| Onc/o | tumor |
| Papill/o | nipple-like |
| Plas/o | formation |
| Ple/o | many/more |
| Polyp/o | polyp |
| Prot/o | first |
| Radi/o | rays |
| Sarc/o | flesh/connective tissue |
| Scirrh/o | hard |
| Xer/o | dry |
| -blastoma | immature tumor |
| -genesis | formation |
| -oma | mass/tumor |
| -plasia | formation/growth |
| -plasm | formation/growth |
| -suppression | to stop |
| -therapy | treatment |
| Ana- | backward |
| Apo- | off/away |
| Brachy- | short (distance) |
| Epi- | upon |
| Meta- | beyond/change |
| Tele- | far |