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Med Term (KUH)
Chapter 2
Question | Answer |
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adeno/o | gland |
cyto/ | cell |
epitheli/o | epithelium |
fibr/o | fiber |
hist/o | tissue |
Kary/o | nucleus |
lip/o | fat |
my/o | muscle |
neur/o | nerve |
organ/o | organ |
sarc/o | flesh,connective tissue |
system/o | system |
viscero/o | internal organs |
cancer/o , carcin/o | cancer |
eti/o | cause of |
gno/o | knowledge |
iatr/o | physician, medicine ( also means treatment) |
lei/o | smooth |
onc/o | tumor, mass |
path/o | disease |
rhabd/o | rod-shaped, striated |
somat/o | body |
chlor/o | green |
chrom/o | color |
leuk/o | white |
erythr/o | red |
melan/o | black |
xanth/o | yellow |
cyan/o | blue |
dys- | painful, abnormal, difficult, labored |
dia- | through, complete |
hyper- | above, excessive |
hypo- | below, incomplete, deficient |
meta- | after,beyond, change |
neo- | new |
pro- | before |
-al,-ic, -ous | pretaining to |
-cyte | cell |
-gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
-genesis | origin, cause |
-logist | specialist, physician ( one who studies and treats) |
-genic | producing, originating, causing |
-oid | resembling |
-logy | study of |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-oma | tumor, swelling |
-plasia | condition of formation, development, growth |
-pathy | disease |
-plasm | growth, substance, formation |
-sis | state of |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor |
-stasis | control, stop, standing |