Medical Terms Chapter2 Part2

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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


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