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Termonology
Chapter 2
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Medical
Undergraduate 3
01/06/2011
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aden/o
 Definition
gland
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cyt/o
 Definition
cell
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epitheli/o
 Definition
epithelium
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fibr/o
 Definition
fiber
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hist/o
 Definition
tissue
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kary/o
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nucleus
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lip/o
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fat
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my/o
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muscle
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neur/o
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nerve
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organ/o
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organ
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sacr/o
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flesh, connective tissue
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system/o
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system
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viscer/o
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internal organs
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cancer/o, carcin/o
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cancer
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eti/o
 Definition
cause (of disease)
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gno/o
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knowledge
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iatr/o
 Definition
physician, medicine (also mean treatment)
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lei/o
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smooth
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onc/o
 Definition
tumor, mass
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path/o
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disease
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rhabd/
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rod-shaped, striated
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somat/o
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body
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chlor/0
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green
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chrom/o
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color
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cyan/o
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blue
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erthr/o
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red
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leuk/o
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white
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melan/o
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black
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xanth/o
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yellow
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dia
 Definition
throug, complete
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dys
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painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
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hyper
 Definition
above, excessive
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hypo
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below, incomplete, deficent
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meta
 Definition
after, beyond, change
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pro
 Definition
before
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cyte
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cell
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gen
 Definition
substance or agent the produces or causes
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genesis
 Definition
origin, cause
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genic
 Definition
producing, originating, causing
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logist
 Definition
one wo studies and treat (physician)
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logy
 Definition
study of
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oid
 Definition
resembling
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oma
 Definition
tumor, swelling
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osis
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abnormal condition
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pathy
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disease
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plasia
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condition of formation, devlopment, growth
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plasm
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growth, substance, formation
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sacroma
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state of
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stasis
 Definition
control, stop, standing
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Ca
 Definition
carcinoma
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Ca
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carcinoma
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chemo
 Definition
chemotherapy
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Dx
 Definition
diagnosis
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mets
 Definition
metastasis
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Px
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prognosis
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RBC
 Definition
red blood cell
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XRT
 Definition
radiation therapy
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WBC
 Definition
white blood cells
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