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Chapter Two
Term | Definition |
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aden/o | gland |
cyt/o | cell |
epitheli/o | epithelium |
fibr/o | fiber |
hemat/o | blood |
hist/o | tissue |
lip/o | fat |
my/o | muscle |
neur/o | nerve |
organ/o | organ |
sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
system/o | system |
viscer/o | internal organs |
aut/o | self |
bi/o | life |
cancer/o | cancer |
carcin/o | cancer |
crypt/o | hidden |
necr/o | death (cells, body) |
eti/o | cause (of disease) |
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 |
vir/o | virus |
cyan/o | blue |
erythr/o | red |
leuk/o | white |
melan/o | black |
xanth/o | yellow |
chlor/o | green |
chrom/o | color |
dia- | through, complete |
dys- | painful, abnormal, difficult, labored |
hyper- | above, excessive |
hypo- | below, incomplete, deficient, under |
meta- | after, beyond, change |
micro- | small |
neo- | new |
pro- | before |
-al,-ic,-ous | pertaining to |
-cyte | cell |
-gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
-genic | producing, originating, causing |
-logist | one who studies and treats (specialist, physician) |
-logy | study of |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor, swelling |
-opsy | view of, viewing |
-osis | abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell roots) |
-pathy | disease |
-plasia | condition of formation, development, growth |
-plasm | growth, substance, formation |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor |
-sis | state of |
-stasis | control, stop, standing |