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Exam 2
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Health Care
Undergraduate 1
01/20/2015
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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
 Definition
nucleus
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lip/o
 Definition
fat
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my/o
 Definition
muscle
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neur/o
 Definition
nerve
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organ/o
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organ
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sarc/o
 Definition
flesh, connective tissue
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viscer/o
 Definition
internal organs
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carcin/o
 Definition
cancer
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eti/o
 Definition
cause (of disease)
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gno/o
 Definition
knowledge
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iatr/o
 Definition
physician, medicine (treatment)
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lei/o
 Definition
smooth
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onc/o
 Definition
tumor, mass
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path/o
 Definition
disease
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rhabd/o
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rod-shaped, striated
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somat/o
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body
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chlor/o
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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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erythr/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
thorough, complete
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dys-
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abnormal, difficult, labored, painful
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hyper-
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above, excessive
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hypo-
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below, deficient, under, incomplete
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meta-
 Definition
after, beyond, change
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neo-
 Definition
new
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pro-
 Definition
before
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-al/ -ic/ -ous
 Definition
pertaining to
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
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-gen
 Definition
substance or agent that produces or causes
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-genic
 Definition
producing, originating, causing
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-logist
 Definition
one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)
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-logy
 Definition
study of
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-oma
 Definition
tumor, swelling
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-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots)
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
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-plasia
 Definition
condition of formation, development, growth
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-plasm
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growth, substance, formation
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-sarcoma
 Definition
malignant tumor
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-sis
 Definition
state of
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-stasis
 Definition
control, standing
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