Med Term - Lesson 1 Word Scramble
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Prefix, Word Root, Suffix | Definition |
meta- | beyond |
neo- | new |
carcin | cancer |
cyt | cell |
epitheli | epithelium |
hist | tissue |
lip | fat |
my | muscle |
neur | nerve |
onc | tumor |
path | disease |
plasm | growth (substance or formation) |
sarc | flesh; connective tissue |
stasis | control; stop |
viscer | internal organs |
-a; -e; -y | no meaning |
-al | pertaining to |
-genic | producing; originating; causing |
-logist | specialist (physician) who studies and treats |
-logy | study of |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
benign | not malignant |
chemotherapy | treatment of cancer by using pharmaceuticals |
abbreviation for chemotherapy | chemo |
diagnosis | identification of a disease |
abbreviation for diagnosis | Dx |
inflammation | protective response of body tissue characterized by redness, swelling, heat, & pain |
malignant | tending to become progressively worse, possibly resulting in death |
prognosis | prediction of a possible outcome of a disease |
abbreviation for prognosis | Px |
radiation therapy | treatment of cancer with a radioactive substance, x-ray, or radiation |
abbreviation for radiation therapy | XRT |
remission | lessening or absence of signs of disease |
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