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 |