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Combining form for Body Structure:
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Combining form for Body Structure:
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Combining form for Body Structure:
epithelio |
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Combining form for Body Structure:
fibr/o |
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Combining form for Body Structure:
hist/o |
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Combining form for Body Structure:
kary/o |
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Combining form for Body Structure:
lip/o |
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Combining form for Body Structure:
my/o |
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Combining form for Body Structure:
neur/o |
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Combining form for Body Structure:
organ/o |
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Combining form for Body Structure:
sarc/o |
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Combining form for Body Structure:
system/o |
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Combining form for Body Structure:
viscer/o |
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Combining Form Commonly Used with Body Structure Terms:
cancer/o
carcin/o |
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| cancer (a disease characterized by the unregulated, abnormal growth of new cells) |
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Combining Form Commonly Used with Body Structure Terms:
eti/o |
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Combining Form Commonly Used with Body Structure Terms:
gno/o |
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Combining Form Commonly Used with Body Structure Terms:
iatr/o |
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| physician, medicine (also means treatment) |
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Combining Form Commonly Used with Body Structure Terms:
lei/o |
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Combining Form Commonly Used with Body Structure Terms:
onc/o |
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Combining Form Commonly Used with Body Structure Terms:
path/o |
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Combining Form Commonly Used with Body Structure Terms:
rhabd/o |
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Combining Form Commonly Used with Body Structure Terms:
somat/o |
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Combining Form that Describes Color:
chlor/o |
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Combining Form that Describes Color:
chrom/o |
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Combining Form that Describes Color:
cyan/o |
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Combining Form that Describes Color:
erythr/o |
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Combining Form that Describes Color:
leuk/o |
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Combining Form that Describes Color:
melan/o |
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Combining Form that Describes Color:
xanth/o |
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| painful, abnormal, difficult, labored |
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| below, incomplete, deficient |
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cell
*note: "cyte" ends in an "e" when used as a suffix |
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| a substance or agent that produces or causes |
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| producing, originating, causing |
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| one who studies and treats (specialist, physician) |
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| abnormal condition (means "increase" when used with blood cell word roots) |
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| condition of formation, development, growth |
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| growth, substance, formation |
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Oncology term built from word parts:
Adenocarcinoma |
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| Cancerous tumor composed of glandular tissue |
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Oncology term built from word parts:
Adenoma |
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| Tumor composed of glandular tissue(benign) |
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Oncology term built from word parts:
Carcinoma |
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| Cancerous tumor(malignant) |
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Oncology term built from word parts:
Chloroma |
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| Tumor of green color(malignant, arising from myeloid tissue) |
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Oncology term built from word parts:
Chloroma |
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| Tumor of green color(malignant, arising from myeloid tissue) |
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Oncology term built from word parts:
Epithelioma |
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| Tumor composed of epithelium(malignant tumor) |
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Oncology term built from word parts:
Fibroma |
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| tumor composed of fiber(fibrous tumor) |
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Oncology term built from word parts:
Leiomyoma |
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| Tumor of smooth muscle(benign) |
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Oncology term built from word parts:
leiomyosarcoma |
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| malignant tumor of smooth muscle |
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Oncology term built from word parts:
lipoma |
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| tumor containing fat(benign) |
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Oncology term built from word parts:
Liposarcoma |
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| malignant tumor composed of fat |
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| Oncology term built from word parts: melanocarcinoma |
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| cancerous black tumor(malignant) |
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| Oncology term built from word parts: melanoma |
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| black tumor(primarily of the skin) |
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Oncology term built from word parts:
myoma |
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| tumor formed of muscle(benign) |
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| Oncology term built from word parts: neoplasm |
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| new growth(of abnormal tissue or tumor) |
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Oncology term built from word parts:
neuroma |
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| tumor made up of nerve(benign) |
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Oncology term built from word parts:
rhabdomyoma |
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| tumor made of striated muscle(benign) |
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Oncology term built from word parts:
rhabdomyosarcoma |
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| malignant tumor of striated muscle |
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Oncology term built from word parts:
sarcoma |
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| tumor composed of connective tissue(such as bone or carilage) highly malignant) |
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Oncology term not built from word parts:
benign |
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| not malignant, nonreocurrent, favorable for recovery |
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Oncology term not built from word parts:
cancer chemotherapy(chemo) |
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| treatment of cancer by using drugs |
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Oncology term not built from word parts:
cancer in situ |
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| cancer in early stage before invading surrounding tissue |
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Oncology term not built from word parts:
cancer radiotherapy |
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| treatment of cancer using radioactive substance(x-ray or radiation) |
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Oncology term not built from word parts:
encapsulated |
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| enclosed in a capsule, as with benign tumors |
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Oncology term not built from word parts:
idiopathic |
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| pertaining to disease of unknown origin |
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Oncology term not built from word parts:
inflammation |
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| response to injury or destruction of tissue characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain |
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Oncology term not built from word parts:
in vitro |
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| within a glass, observable within a test tube |
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Oncology term not built from word parts:
in vivo |
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Oncology term not built from word parts:
malignant |
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| tending to become progressively worse and to cause death, as in cancer |
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Oncology term not built from word parts:
remission |
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| improvement or absence of signs of disease |
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complementary term built from word parts:
cancerous |
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complementary term built from word parts:
carcinogen |
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| substance that causes cancer |
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complementary term built from word parts:
carcinogenic |
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complementary term built from word parts:
cyanosis |
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| abnormal condition of blue(bluish discoloration of the skin caused by inadequate supply of oxygen in the blood) |
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complementary term built from word parts:
cytogenic |
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complementary term built from word parts:
cytoid |
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complementary term built from word parts:
cytology |
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complementary term built from word parts:
cytoplasm |
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complementary term built from word parts:
diagnosis |
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| state of complete knowledge(idntifying a disease) |
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complementary term built from word parts:
dysplasia |
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complementary term built from word parts:
epithelial |
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| pertaining to the epithelium |
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complementary term built from word parts:
erythrocyte |
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complementary term built from word parts:
erythrocyte |
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complementary term built from word parts:
erythrocytosis |
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| increase in the number of red(blood) cells |
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complementary term built from word parts:
etiology |
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| study of causes(of diseases) |
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complementary term built from word parts:
histology |
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complementary term built from word parts:
hyperplasia |
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| excessive devlopment(of cells) |
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complementary term built from word parts:
hypoplasia |
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| incomplete devlopment(of an organ or tissue) |
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complementary term built from word parts:
iatrogenic |
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complementary term built from word parts:
iatrology |
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complementary term built from word parts:
karyocyte |
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complementary term built from word parts:
karyoplasm |
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complementary term built from word parts:
leukocyte |
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complementary term built from word parts:
leukocytosis |
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| increase in the number of white (blood) cells |
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complementary term built from word parts:
lipoid |
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complementary term built from word parts:
metastasis(pl. metastases) |
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| beyond control (transfer of disease from one organ to another as in the transfer of malignant tumors) |
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complementary term built from word parts:
myopathy |
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complementary term built from word parts:
neopathy |
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complementary term built from word parts:
neuroid |
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complementary term built from word parts:
oncogenic |
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complementary term built from word parts:
oncologist |
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| a physician who studies and treats tumors(cancers) |
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complementary term built from word parts:
oncology |
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| study of tumors(a branch of medicine concerned with the study of malignant tumors) |
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complementary term built from word parts:
pathogenic |
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complementary term built from word parts:
pathologist |
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| a physician who studies diseases (examines biopsies and performs autopsies to determine the cause of disease or death) |
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complementary term built from word parts:
pathology |
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| study of disease (a branch of medicine dealing with the study of the causes of disease or death) |
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complementary term built from word parts:
pathology |
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| study of disease (a branch of medicine dealing with the study of the causes of disease or death) |
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complementary term built from word parts:
prognosis |
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| state of before knowledge (prediction of the outcome of disease) |
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complementary term built from word parts:
somatic |
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complementary term built from word parts:
somatogenic |
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complementary term built from word parts:
somatoplasm |
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complementary term built from word parts:
systemic |
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| pertaining to a (body) system (or the body as a whole) |
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complementary term built from word parts:
visceral |
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| pertaining to internal organs |
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complementary term built from word parts:
xanthochromic |
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| pertaining to yellow color |
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complementary term built from word parts:
xanthosis |
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| abnormal condition of yellow (discoloration) |
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| cancer radiotherapy, radiation therapy |
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