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Ch 4 Diseases
Diseases and Disorders
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cancer(o), carcin(o) | cancer |
| lith(o) | stone or calculus |
| onc(o) | tumor |
| path(o) | disease |
| -cele | hernia |
| -emia | condition of the blood |
| -ia, -iasis | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone or calculus |
| -mania | excessive preoccupation |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition (often abnormal, sometimes an increase) |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -ptosis | prolapse (sagging) |
| -able, -ible | capable of, able to |
| -al, -ary, -eal, -ive, -tic | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -eum, -ium | membrane |
| -ia, -ism | condition or theory |
| -iac | one who suffers |
| -opia | vision |
| -ose | sugar |
| -ous | pertaining to or characterized by |
| -y | state or condition |
| alb(o), albin(o), leuk(o), leuc(o) | white |
| chlor(o) | green |
| cyan(o) | blue |
| erythr(o) | red |
| melan(o) | black |
| xanth(o) | yellow |
| bi(o) | life or living |
| cephal(o) | head |
| hist(o) | tissue |
| lact(o) | milk |
| muscul(o), my(o) | muscle |
| nas(o), rhin(o) | nose |
| pod(o) | foot |
| pyr(o) | fire |
| tox(o), toxic(o) | poison |
| iatr(o) | physician or treatment |
| idi(o) | individual |
| nos(o), path(o) | disease |
| seps(o), sept(i) | infection |
| sept(o) | infection (septum) |
| bacter(i), bacteri(o) | bacteria |
| fung(i), myc(o) | fungus |
| staphyl(o) | grape-like cluster; uvula |
| strept(o) | twisted |
| vir(o), virus(o) | virus |