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nervous system and tumors
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| ather/o | fatty,porridge-like |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| emes/o,emet/o,emetic/o | vomoting |
| ebcephal/o | epithelial |
| fibr/o | fibrous |
| hist/o | tissue |
| lei/o | smooth |
| lip/o | fat |
| lymph/o | lymphatic |
| melan/o | meninges |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord , bone marrow |
| nat/o | birth |
| ne/o | new |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| oste/o | bone |
| papill/o | small elevation of tissue |
| pariet/o | wall |
| periton/o | peritoneum |
| pleur/o | lung lining or membrain |
| poli/o | gray |
| psych/o | mind |
| rhabd/o | rod shaped |
| spin/o | spinal |
| vicer/o | organ |
| anti- | against |
| dys- | difficult,painful |
| hydro- | water |
| hyper- | above |
| increased | hypo-below,decreased |
| neo- | new |
| -algia (noun)algic(adjective) | pain |
| -blast | embryonic or immature |
| -cele | hernia |
| ectomy | excision |
| -genesis | generate,develop |
| -iatrist | specialist,physician |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oid | like resembling |
| -oma | tumor,abnormal growth |
| -ous(adjectivfe) | maternal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -philia | love |
| phobia | fear |
| plasia | development |
| -plasm | growth of tissue |
| -tomy | incision |
| -trophy | evelopment |
| -trophic | affecting |
| nevo | death |