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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o (CF) | gland |
| cyt/o (CF) | cell |
| epitheli/o (CF) | epithelium |
| fibr/o (CF) | fiber |
| hist/o (CF) | tissue |
| kary/o (CF) | nucleus |
| lip/o (CF) | fat |
| my/o (CF) | muscle |
| neur/o (CF) | nerve |
| organ/o (CF) | organ |
| sarc/o (CF) | flesh, connective tissue |
| system/o (CF) | system |
| viscer/o (CF) | internal organs |
| cancer/o (CF) | cancer (a disease characterized by the unregulated, abnormal growth of new cells) |
| eti/o (CF) | cause (of disease) |
| gno/o (CF) | knowledge |
| iatr/o (CF) | physician, medicine (also means treatment) |
| lei/o (CF) | smooth |
| onc/o (CF) | tumor, mass |
| path/o (CF) | disease |
| rhabd/o (CF) | rod-shaped, striated |
| somat/o (CF) | body |
| chlor/o (CF) | green |
| chrom/o (CF) | color |
| cyan/o (CF) | blue |
| erythr/o (CF) | red |
| leuk/o (CF) | white |
| melan/o (CF) | black |
| xanth/o (Cf) | yellow |
| dia- (P) | through, complete |
| dys- (P) | painful, abnormal, difficult, labored |
| hyper- (P) | above, excessive |
| hypo- (P) | below, incomplete, deficient |
| meta- (P) | after, beyond, change |
| neo- (P) | new |
| -al (S) | pertaining to |
| -cyte (S) | cell |
| -gen (S) | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| -genesis (S) | origin, cause |
| -genic (S) | producing, originating, causing |
| -logist (S) | one who studies and treats (specialist, physician) |
| -logy (S) | study of |
| -oid (S) | resembling |
| -oma (S) | tumor, swelling |
| -osis (S) | abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots) |
| -pathy (S) | disease |
| -plasia (S) | condition of formation, development, growth |
| -plasm (S) | growth, substance, formation |
| -sarcoma (S) | malignant tumor |
| -sis (S) | state of |
| -stasis (S) | control, stop, standing |
| Ca | carcinoma |
| chemo | chemotherapy |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| mets | metastasis |
| Px | prognosis |
| RBC | red blood cell |
| XRT | radiation therapy |
| WBC | white blood cell |
| -ic (S) | pertaining to |
| -ous (S) | pertaining to |
| carcin/o (CF) | cancer (a disease characterized by the unregulated, abnormal growth of new cells) |
| pro- (P) | before |
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