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Terminology
Ch. 1 & 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| arthr/o | joint (WR) |
| hepat/o | liver (WR) |
| ven/o | vein (WR) |
| oste/o | bone (WR) |
| aden/o | gland (WR) |
| cyt/o | cell (WR) |
| epiteli/o | epithelium (WR) |
| fibr/o | fiber (WR) |
| hist/o | tissue (WR) |
| kary/o | nucleus (WR) |
| lip/o | fat (WR) |
| my/o | muscle (WR) |
| neur/o | nerve (WR) |
| organ/o | organ (WR) |
| system/o | system (WR) |
| viscer/o | internal organs (WR) |
| cancer/o, carcin/o | cancer (WR) |
| eti/o | cause (WR) |
| gno/o | knowledge (WR) |
| iatr/o | treatment, physician, medicine (WR) |
| lei/o | smooth (WR) |
| onc/o | tumor, mass (WR) |
| path/o | disease (WR) |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped, striated (WR) |
| somat/o | body (WR) |
| chlor/o | green (WR) |
| chrom/o | colour (WR) |
| cyan/o | blue (WR) |
| erythr/o | red (WR) |
| leuk/o | white (WR) |
| melan/o | black (WR) |
| xanth/o | yellow (WR) |
| -itis | inflammation (suffix) |
| -al, -ic, -ous | pertaining to (suffix) |
| -pathy | disease (suffix) |
| -megaly | enlargement (suffix) |
| -cyte | cell (suffix) |
| -gen, -genic | subject/agent that produces, causes producing, originating, causing (suffix) |
| -logist | specialist, physician (suffix) |
| -logy | study of (suffix) |
| -oid | resembling (suffix) |
| -oma | tumor, swelling (suffix) |
| -osis | abnormal condition (suffix) |
| -pathy | disease (suffix) |
| -plasia | condition of formation, development, growth (suffix) |
| -plasm | growth, substance, formation (suffix) |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor (suffix) |
| -sis | state of (suffix) |
| -stasis | control, stop, standing (suffix) |
| intra- | within (prefix) |
| sub- | under (prefix) |
| dia- | through, complete (prefix) |
| dys- | painful, abnormal, difficult, laboured (prefix) |
| hyper- | above, excessive (prefix) |
| hypo- | below, incomplete, deficient (prefix) |
| meta- | after, beyond, change (prefix) |
| neo- | new (prefix) |
| pro- | before (prefix) |