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cancer/o, carcin/o

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Chapter 2

combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes

TermDefinition
cancer/o, carcin/o combining form EXAMPLE: cancer/ous cancer
eti/o combining form EXAMPLE: eti/o/logy cause (of disease)
gno/o combining form EXAMPLE: pro/gno/sis knowledge
later/o combining form EXAMPLE: later/al side
lei/o combining form EXAMPLE: lei/o/my/oma smooth
onc/o combining form EXAMPLE: onc/o/logist tumor, mass
path/o combining form EXAMPLE: path/o/genic disease
rhabd/o combining form EXAMPLE: rhabd/o/my/oma rod-shaped, striated
somat/o combining form EXAMPLE: somat/o/plasm body
chlor/o combining form EXAMPLE: chlor/oma green
chrom/o combining form EXAMPLE: xanth/o/chrom/ic color
cyan/o combining form EXAMPLE: cyan/osis blue
erythr combining form EXAMPLE: erythr/o/cyte red
melan/o combining form EXAMPLE: melan/oma black
leuk/o combining form EXAMPLE: leuk/o/cyte white
xanth/o combining form EXAMPLE: xanth/o/chrom/ic yellow
dys- prefix EXAMPLE: dys/plasia painful, abnormal,difficult, labored
dia- prefix EXAMPLE: dia/gno/sis through, complete
hyper- prefix EXAMPLE: hyper/plasia above, excessive
hypo- prefix EXAMPLE: hypo/plasia below, incomplete, deficient, under
meta- prefix EXAMPLE: meta/stasis after, beyond, change
neo- prefix EXAMPLE: neo/plasm new
pro- prefix EXAMPLE: pro/gno/sis before
-al, -ic, -ous suffix EXAMPLE: epitheli/al pertaining to
-cyte suffix EXAMPLE: erythr/o/cyte cell
-gen suffix EXAMPLE: carcin/o/gen substance or agent that produce or causes
-genic suffix EXAMPLE: carcin/o/genic producing, originating, causing
-logist suffix EXAMPLE: onc/o/logist one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)
-logy suffix EXAMPLE: onc/o/logy study of
-megaly suffix EXAMPLE: organ/o/megaly enlargement
-oid suffix EXAMPLE: cyt/oid resembling
-oma suffix EXAMPLE: fibr/oma tumor, swelling
-osis suffix EXAMPLE: cyan/osis abnormal condition (means INCREASE when used with blood cell word roots)
-pathy suffix EXAMPLE: somat/o/pathy disease
-plasia suffix EXAMPLE: hyper/plasia condition of formation, development, growth
-plasm suffix EXAMPLE: neo/plasm growth, substance, formation
-sarcoma suffix EXAMPLE: aden/o/sarcoma malignant tumor
-sis suffix EXAMPLE: pro/gno/sis state of
-stasis suffix EXAMPLE: meta/stasis control, stop, standing
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