Med Terms Chapters 2&3

Front 1

oste/o

Back 1

Bone

Front 2

arthr/o

Back 2

joint

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anter/o

Back 3

front

Front 4

ven/o

Back 4

vein

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hist/o

Back 5

tissue

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kary/o

Back 6

nucleus

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sarc/o

Back 7

connective tissue, flesh

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vicer/o

Back 8

internal organs

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hepat/o

Back 9

liver

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later/o

Back 10

side

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ventr/o

Back 11

belly (front)

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cyan/o

Back 12

blue

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caud/o

Back 13

tail (downward)

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-cyte

Back 14

cell

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-ous

-al

-ic

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pertaining to

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-logy

Back 16

the study of

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-oma

Back 17

tumor, swelling

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-pathy

Back 18

disease

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-logist

Back 19

one who studies or treats

(specialist or physician)

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-plasia

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condition of formation, development, or growth

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-plasm

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growth, substance, formation

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-megaly

Back 22

enlargment

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-oid

Back 23

resembling

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-itis

Back 24

inflammation

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-gen

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substance or agent that produces or causes

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-ad

-ior

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toward

pertaining to

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eti/o

Back 27

cause of disease

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-stasis

Back 28

control, stop, standing

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-sarcoma

Back 29

malignant tumor

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-genic

Back 30

producing, originating, causing

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-osis

Back 31

abnormal growth

BUT when used with blood cell WR means increase

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chlor/o

Back 32

green

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aden/o

Back 33

gland

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cyt/o

Back 34

cell

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cephal/o

Back 35

head, upward

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epitheli/o

Back 36

epithelium

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fibr/o

Back 37

fiber

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lip/o

Back 38

fat

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my/o

Back 39

muscle

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neur/o

Back 40

nerves

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chrom/o

Back 41

color

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organ/o

Back 42

organ

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system/o

Back 43

system

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somat/o

Back 44

body

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cancer/o

carcin/o

Back 45

cancer

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gno/o

Back 46

knowledge

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iatr/o

Back 47

physician, medicine, treatment

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lei/o

Back 48

smooth

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path/o

Back 49

disease

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rhabd/o

Back 50

rod shaped or striated

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leuk/o

Back 51

white

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erythr/o

Back 52

red

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proxim/o

Back 53

near the point of attachment of a body part

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poster/o

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back or behind

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medi/o

Back 55

middle

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dors/o

Back 56

back

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infer/o

Back 57

below

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dist/o

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away from the point of attachment of a body part

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onc/o

Back 59

tumor or mass

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super/o

Back 60

above

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-sis

Back 61

state of

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hypo-

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bellow, under, incomplete, defficiant

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hyper-

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above, excessive

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neo-

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new

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pro-

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before

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dia-

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complete, through

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dys-

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painful, abnormal, difficult, labored

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meta-

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change, after, beyond

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sub-

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under

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intra-

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within

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xanth/o

Back 71

yellow

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melan/o

Back 72

black