MT Ch2
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| Abdomin/o | abdominal
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| Adip/o | fat
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| Aden/o | gland
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| Anter/o | front or before
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| Caud/o | tail or lower part of the body
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| Carcin/o | cancerous
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| Cephal/o | head
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| Chondr/o | cartilage
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| Cyt/o | cell
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| Dem/o | population
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| Dors/o | back of the body
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| Gen/o | producing
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| Hist/o | tissue
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| Home/o | constant
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| Idi/o | peculiar to the individual
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| Ili/o | hip bone
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| Lumb/o | lower back
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| Path/o (-pathy) | disease
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| Pelv/o | pelvis
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| Physi/o | nature or physical
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| Poster/o | back or toward the back
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| Ventr/o | belly side of the body
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| -crine | to secrete
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| -oma | tumor
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| -plasia | formation
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| -plasm | formative material
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| -stasis | control
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| -trophy | development
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| A- | without
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| Ana- | excessive
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| En-/ Endo- | within
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| Epi- | above
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| Eti/o | cause
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| Exo- | out of
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| Pan- | entire
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| Genetic Disorders | pathologic conditions caused by absent or defective genes
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| Cystic Fibrosis (CF) | condition in which the lungs and pancreas are clogged with abnormally thick mucus
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| Down Syndrome | condition that is associated with characteristic facial appearance/learning disabilities/physical abnormalities such as heart valve disease
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| Hemophilia (hemo) | bleeding disorder
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| Huntington’s Disease | condition characterized by nerve degeneration
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| Muscular Dystrophy | condition characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles that control movement
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| Phenylketonuria (PKU) | condition characterized by a missing essential digestive enzyme that can lead to severe mental retardation if left undectected/untreated
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| Tay-Sachs Disease | fatal condition in which harmful quantities of fatty substance build up in tissues and nerve cells in the brain
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| Aplasia | the defective development or congenital absence of an organ/tissue
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| Hypoplasia | incomplete development of an organ/tissue
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| Anaplasia | change in the structure of cells and their orientation to each other
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| Dysplasia | abnormal development of tissues/cells
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| Hyperplasia | abnormal increase in the number of normal cells in normal arrangement in a tissue
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| Hypertrophy | general increase in the bulk of a body part/organ due to an increase in size of cells in the tissues
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| Indirect contact | spread of disease through contact with contaminated surface/object
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| Bloodborne | spread of disease through contact with blood or body fluids containing blood
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| Airborne | spread of disease through contact with respiratory droplets (cough/sneeze)
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| Food-borne and water-borne | spread of disease by eating/drinking contaminated food/water that has not been properly treated/prepared
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| Endemic | ongoing presence of a disease within a population (Ex: the common cold)
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| Epidemic | sudden/widespread outbreak of a disease within a specific population group or area (Ex: measles)
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| Pandemic | outbreak of disease occurring over a large geographic area or worldwide (Ex: AIDS)
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| Functional disease | symptoms for which no physiological/anatomical cause can be identified (Ex: irritable bowel syndrome)
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| Iatrogenic illness | unfavorable response to medical treatment (Ex: side effects from medication)
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| Idiopathic disease | illness without known cause (Ex: Crohn’s disease)
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| Infectious disease | caused by living pathogenic organisms (Ex: flu)
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| Nosocomial Infection | infection acquired in a hospital or clinical setting
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| Organic Disease | caused by detectable physical changes in the body (Ex: Diabetes)
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| Congenital Disorder | abnormal condition that exists at the time of birth
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| Exocrine | secrete substances into ducts that lead into organs or out of the body (Ex: sweat gland)
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| Endocrine | produce hormones that a secreted into the bloodstream to be transported to other organs
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| Epidemi/o | among people
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| -ology | study of
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| -ologist | specialist
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| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening
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| Dys- | bad, difficult, painful
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| -itis | inflammation
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| Umbilic/o | umbilicus (belly button)
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| A | anterior
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| Abd | abdomen
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| anat | anatomy
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| CD | communicable disease
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| CH | chromosome
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| cyt | cytology or cytoplasm
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| D | dorsal
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| epid | epidemic
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| hemo | hemophilia
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| Histo | histology
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| P | physiology or posterior
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| umb | umbilical
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| ventr | ventral
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| Midsagittal Plane | divides body along the midline into right and left
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| Frontal Plane | divides body into anterior and posterior
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| Transverse Plane | divides body into superior and inferior
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| Histologist | specialist in the structure and composition of tissues
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| Pathologist | specialist in the analysis of tissue samples to establish a diagnosis
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| Cytologyst | specialist in the study of cells
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| Geneticist | specialist in genetics
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| CF | Cystic Fibrosis
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| PKU | Phenylketonuria
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