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Ch. 1
Roots
Term | Definition |
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gen/o | creation, cause |
hydr/o | water |
morph/o (ie. morphology) | change |
myc/o (ie. dermatomycosis) | fungus |
necr/o (ie. necrosis) | death |
orth/o (ie. orthodontist) | straight |
path/o (ie. pathology) | suffering, disease |
phag/o (ie. aphasia) | eat |
plas/o (ie. hyperplasia) | formation |
py/o(ie. pyorrhea, pyemia) | pus |
scler/o (ie. scleroderma) | hard |
sten/o (ie. stenosis) | narrowing |
troph/o (ie. trophology, hypertrophy) | nourishment, development |
xen/o (ie. xenograft) | foreign |