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Term	Definition
cancer/o, carcin/o combining form EXAMPLE: cancer/ous	cancer
eti/o combining form EXAMPLE: eti/o/logy	cause (of disease)
gno/o combining form EXAMPLE: pro/gno/sis	knowledge
later/o combining form EXAMPLE: later/al	side
lei/o combining form EXAMPLE: lei/o/my/oma	smooth
onc/o combining form EXAMPLE: onc/o/logist	tumor, mass
path/o combining form EXAMPLE: path/o/genic	disease
rhabd/o combining form EXAMPLE: rhabd/o/my/oma	rod-shaped, striated
somat/o combining form EXAMPLE: somat/o/plasm	body
chlor/o combining form EXAMPLE: chlor/oma	green
chrom/o combining form EXAMPLE: xanth/o/chrom/ic	color
cyan/o combining form EXAMPLE: cyan/osis	blue
erythr combining form EXAMPLE: erythr/o/cyte	red
melan/o combining form EXAMPLE: melan/oma	black
leuk/o combining form EXAMPLE: leuk/o/cyte	white
xanth/o combining form EXAMPLE: xanth/o/chrom/ic	yellow
dys- prefix EXAMPLE: dys/plasia	painful, abnormal,difficult, labored
dia- prefix EXAMPLE: dia/gno/sis	through, complete
hyper- prefix EXAMPLE: hyper/plasia	above, excessive
hypo- prefix EXAMPLE: hypo/plasia	below, incomplete, deficient, under
meta- prefix EXAMPLE: meta/stasis	after, beyond, change
neo- prefix EXAMPLE: neo/plasm	new
pro- prefix EXAMPLE: pro/gno/sis	before
-al, -ic, -ous suffix EXAMPLE: epitheli/al	pertaining to
-cyte suffix EXAMPLE: erythr/o/cyte	cell
-gen suffix EXAMPLE: carcin/o/gen	substance or agent that produce or causes
-genic suffix EXAMPLE: carcin/o/genic	producing, originating, causing
-logist suffix EXAMPLE: onc/o/logist	one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)
-logy suffix EXAMPLE: onc/o/logy	study of
-megaly suffix EXAMPLE: organ/o/megaly	enlargement
-oid suffix EXAMPLE: cyt/oid	resembling
-oma suffix EXAMPLE: fibr/oma	tumor, swelling
-osis suffix EXAMPLE: cyan/osis	abnormal condition (means INCREASE when used with blood cell word roots)
-pathy suffix EXAMPLE: somat/o/pathy	disease
-plasia suffix EXAMPLE: hyper/plasia	condition of formation, development, growth
-plasm suffix EXAMPLE: neo/plasm	growth, substance, formation
-sarcoma suffix EXAMPLE: aden/o/sarcoma	malignant tumor
-sis suffix EXAMPLE: pro/gno/sis	state of
-stasis suffix EXAMPLE: meta/stasis	control, stop, standing