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cells & tissues term

cells and tissues medical terminology

TermDefinition
aden/o gland
alveol/o small sac
blast/o immature cell
cac/o bad, disagreeable
carcin/o cancer
cauter/o burn, heat
chem/o chemical
cry/o cold
cyst/o bladder, sac of fluid
cyt/o cell
fibr/o fiber
follicul/o small glandular sacs
fung/o fungus
hist/o, histi/o tissue
medull/o soft, inner part
muc/o, myx/o mucus
mut/a genetic change
mutagen/o causing genetic change
necr/o death
nucel/o nucleus
onc/o cancer, tumor
palliate alleviate without curing
papill/o nipple-like
pharmac/o medicine, drug
plas/o formation, development
ple/o many, more
polyp/o polyp
py/o pus
pyr/o, pyret/o fever, fire
radi/o radiation, x-ray
reticul/o network
sarc/o flesh, connective tissue
scirrh/o hard
somat/o body
tox/o, toxic/o poison
viscer/o internal organs
-blast immature cell
-cyte cell
-oma tumor
-plasia, plasm formation, growth
-therapy treatment
ana- backward
apo- off, away
meta- beyond
pachy- thick
bx biopsy
CA cancer
CIS carcinoma in situ
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
RNA ribonucleic acid
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