Medical Terms Chapter2 Part2
cancer/ous
Pertaining to cancer
dys/plasia
abnormal development
melan/oma
black tumor (primarily of the skin)
somat/o/plasm
body substance
melan/o/carcin/oma
cancerous black tumor (malignant)
carcin/oma
cancerous tumor (malignant)
aden/o/carcin/oma
cancerous tumor of glandular tissue
cyt/o/plasm
cell substance
kary/o/cyte
cell with a nucleus
somat/o/pathy
disease of the body
my/o/pathy
disease of the muscle
organ/o/megaly
enlargement of an organ
hyper/plasia
excessive development (number of cells)
hypo/plasia
incomplete development (of an organ or tissue)
erythr/o/cyt/o/sis
increase in the number of red (blood) cells
leuk/o/cyt/o/sis
increase in the number of white (blood) cells
fibr/o/sarcoma
malignant tumor composed of fiber
lip/o/sarcoma
malignant tumor of fat
lei/o/my/o/sarcoma
malignant tumor of smooth muscle
rhabd/o/my/o/sarcoma
malignant tumor of striated muscle
neo/plasm
new growth (of abnormal tissue, benign or malignant)
somat/o/genic
originating in the body
sytem/ic
pertaining to a (body) system (or the body as a whole)
epitheli/al
pertaining to epithelium
somat/ic
pertaining to the body
vescer/al
pertaining to the internal organs
carsin/o/genic
producing cancer
cyt/o/genic
producing cells
erythr/o/cyte
red (blood) cell
cyt/oid
resembling a cell
neur/oid
resembling a nerve
lip/oid
resembling fat
cyt/o/logy
study of cells
hist/o/logy
study of tissue
kary/o/plasm
substance of a nucleus
carcin/o/gen
substance that causes cancer
epitheli/oma
tumor composed of epithelium (may be benign or malignant)
lip/oma
tumor composed of fat (benign tumor)
fibr/oma
tumor composed of fiber (benign)
aden/oma
tumor composed of glandular tissue (benign)
my/oma
tumor composed of muscle (benign)
neur/oma
tumor composed of nerve (benign)
lei/o/my/oma
tumor composed of smooth muscle (benign)
rhabd/o/my/oma
tumor composed of striated muscle (benign)
sarc/oma
tumor of connective tissue (such as bone or cartilage) (highly malignant)
chlor/oma
tumor of green color (malignant)
leuk/o/cyte
white (blood) cell
