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Med Term (KUH)
Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |