| A | B |
|---|
| -al, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
| somat/o | body |
| somatic | pertaining to the body |
| -cyte | cell |
| erythr/o | red |
| erythrocyte | red cell |
| -gen | substance or agent that produces or causes cancer |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| carcinogen | agent that causes cancer |
| -ologist | one who studies |
| onc/o | tumor |
| oncologist | one who studies tumors (cancer) |
| -logy | the study of |
| oncology | the student of cancer or tumors |
| -oid | resembling |
| neuroid | resembling a nerve |
| lip/o | fat |
| lipoid | resembling fat |
| -genic | producing, originating, causing |
| carcinogenic | causing cancer |
| -oma | tumor |
| lipoma | tumor composed of fat tissue |
| -osis | condition of |
| erythrocytosis | condition of an excessive number of red cells |
| -pathy | disease |
| somatopathy | a disease of the body |
| -plasia | condition of formation or growth |
| hyperplasia | condition of excessive formation or growth |
| -plasm | substance |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| karyoplasm | substance of a nucleus |
| somatoplasm | substance of the body |
| -sarcoma | malignant or cancerous tumor |
| adenosarcoma | cancerous tumor of a gland |
| -sis | state of |
| dia- | through, complete |
| gn/o | knowledge |
| diagnosis | state of complete knowledge |
| -stasis | control, stopping |
| meta- | beyond, change |
| metastasis | beyond control |
| pro- | before |
| prognosis | state of before knowledge |
| lipsarcoma | cancerous tumor composed of fat tissue |
| my/o | muscle |
| myosarcoma | cancerous tumor composed of muscle tissue |
