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med term chp 2
med term chapter two for exploring medical language
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| cyto | cell |
| epithelio | epithelium |
| fibro | fiber |
| histo | tissue |
| karyo | nucleus |
| lipo | fat |
| myo | muscle |
| neuro | nerve |
| organo | organ |
| sarco | flesh, connective tissue |
| systemo | system |
| viscero | internal organs |
| cancero, carcino | cancer, |
| etio | cause |
| gno | knowlege |
| iatro | physian, medicine |
| leio | smooth |
| onco | tumor, mass |
| patho | disease |
| rhabdo | rod-shaped, striated |
| somato | body |
| chloro | green |
| chromo | color |
| cyano | blue |
| erythro | red |
| leuko | white |
| melano | black |
| xantho | yellow |
| dia | through, complete |
| dys | painful, abnormal, difficult, labored |
| hyper | above, excessive |
| hypo | below, incomplete, deficient |
| meta | after, beyond, change |
| neo | new |
| pro | before |
| al, ic, ous | pertaining to |
| cyte | cell |
| gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| genesis | origin, cause |
| genic | producing, originating, causing |
| logist | one who studies and treats |
| logy | study of |
| oid | resembling |
| oma | tumor, swelling |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| pathy | disease |
| plasia | condition of formation, development, growth |
| plasm | growth, substance, formation |
| sacroma | malignant tumor |
| sis | state of |
| stasis | control, stop, standing |
| adenocarcinoma | cancer of the glandular tissue |
| adenoma | tumor of glandular tissue |
| carcinoma | cancerous tumor |
| chloroma | tumor of green color |
| epithelioma | tumor composed of epithelium |
| fibroma | tumor composed of fibrous tissue |
| fibrosarcoma | malignant tumor composed of fiber |
| leiomyoma | tumor composed of smooth muscle |
| leiomyosarcoma | malignant tumor of smooth muscle |
| lipoma | tumor composed of fat |
| liposarcoma | malignant tumor of fat |
| melanocarcinoma | cancerous black tumor |
| melanoma | black tumor |
| myoma | tumor composed of muscle |
| neoplasm | new growth |
| neuroma | tumor compossed of nerves |
| rhabdomyoma | tumor composed of striated muscle |
| rhabdomyosarcoma | malignant tumor of striated muscle |
| sarcoma | tumor of connective tussue |
| cytogenic | producing cells |
| cytoid | resembling a cell |
| cytology | study of cells |
| cytoplasm | cell substance |
| dysplasia | abnormal development |
| epithelial | pertaining to epithelium |
| erythrocyte | red blood cell |
| erythrocytosis | increase in the number of red blood cells |
| histology | study of tissues |
| hyperplasia | excessive development |
| hypoplasia | incomplete development |
| karyocyte | cell with a nucleus |
| leukocyte | white blood cell |
| leukocytosis | increase in the number of white blood cells |
| lipoid | resembling fat |
| myopathy | disease of the muscle |
| neuroid | resembling the nerve |
| somatic | pertaining to the body |
| somatogenic | originating in the body |
| somatopathy | disease of the body |
| somatoplasm | body substance |
| systemic | pertaining to a system |
| visceral | pertaining to the internal organs |
| cancerous | pertaining to cancer |
| carcinogen | substance that causes cancer |
| carcinogenic | producing cancer |
| cyanosis | abnormal condition of blue (blue color of the skin) |
| diagnosis | state of complete knowledge |
| etiology | study of causes |
| iatrogenic | produced by a physician |
| metastasis | beyond control |
| neopathy | new disease |
| oncogenic | causing tumors |
| oncologist | a physician who studies and treats tumors |
| oncology | study of tumors |
| pathogenic | producing disease |
| pathologist | a physician who studies diseases |
| pathology | study of disease |
| prognosis | state of before knowledge |
| xanthochromic | pertaining to yellow color |
| xanthosis | abnormal condition of yellow |
| benign | not malignant, nonrecurrent, favorable for recovery |
| carcinoma in situ | cancer in the early stages before invading surrounding tissue |
| chemotherapy | treatment of cancer with drugs |
| encapsulated | enclosed ina a capsule |
| exacerbation | increase in the severity of a disease or its sympotoms |
| idiopathic | pertaining to disease of unkown origin |
| inflamation | response to injury or destruction of tissue characterized by redness, swelling, heat and pain |
| in vitro | within a glass, observable within a test tube |
| in vivo | within the living body |
| malignant | tending to become progressively worse and to cause death |
| radiation therapy | treatmento of cancer witha radioactive substances, x-ray, or radiation |
| remission | improvement or absence of signs of disease |
| CA | carsinoma |
| chemo | chemotherapy |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| mets | metastasis |
| Px | prognosis |
| RBC | red blood cell |
| XRT | radiation therapy |
| WBC | white blood cell |
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