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Terminology
Ch. 1 & 2
Question | Answer |
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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) |