| A | B |
|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| cyt/o | cell |
| epitheli/o | epithelium |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| hist/o | tissue |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| lip/o | fat |
| my/o | muscle |
| neur/o | nerve |
| organ/o | organ |
| sarc/o | connective tisse or flesh |
| system/o | system |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| cancer/o | cancer |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| eti/o | cause of disease |
| gno/o | knowledge |
| iatr/o | physcian, medicine, treatment |
| lei/o | smooth muscle |
| onc/o | tumor, mass |
| path/o | disease |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped, striated |
| somat/o | body |
| chlor/o | green |
| chrom/o | color |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| dia- | through, complete |
| dys- | painfull, difficult, labored, abnormal |
| hyper- | excessive or above |
| hypo- | below, deficient, incomplete |
| meta- | afer, change, beyond |
| neo- | new |
| pro- | before |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -cyte | cell |
| -gen | produces or causes |
| -genesis | origin, cause |
| -genic | producing, originating, causing |
| -logist | one who treats or studies |
| -logy | study of |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor, swelling |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasia | formation, development, growth |
| -plasm | growth, substance, formation |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| -sis | state of |
| -stasis | control, stop, standing |
| adenocarcinoma (ad-e-no-kar-si-NO-ma) | cancerous tumor composed of glandular tissue |
| adenoma (ad-e-no-ma) | tumor composed of glandular tissue (benign) |
| carcinoma (kar-si-no-ma) | cancerous tumor (malignant) |
| chloroma (klo-ro-ma) | tumor of green color |
| epithelioma (ep-i-thee-lee-o-ma) | tumor composed of epithelium |
| fibroma (fi-bro-ma) | tumor composed of fiber; fibrous tissue |
| fibrosarcoma (fi-bro-sar-ko-ma) | malignant tumor composed of fiber |
| leiomyoma (lie-o-my-o-sar-ko-ma) | malignant tumor of smooth muscle |
| lipoma (li-po-ma) | tumor containing fat; benign tumor |
| liposarcoma (lip-o-sar-ko-ma) | malignant tumor composed of fat |
| melanocarcinoma (mel-a-no-kar-si-no-ma) | cancerous black tumor |
| melanoma (mel-a-no-ma) | black tumor, primarily of the skin |
| myoma (my-om-a) | tumor formed of muscle;benign |
| neoplasm | new growth of abnormal tissue or tumor |
| neuroma (nu-ro-ma) | tumor made up of nerve; benign |
| rhabdomyoma (rab-do-my-o-sar-ko-ma) | malignant tumor of straited muscle |
| sarcoma | tumor composed of connective tissue, such as bone or cartilage; highly malignant |
| benign | not malignant |
| cancer chemotherapy | treatment of cancer by using drugs |
| cancer in situ | cancer in early stage before invading surrounding tissue |
| cancer radiotherapy | treatment of cancer using radioactive substance |
| encapsulated | enclosed in a capsule; as benign tumors |
| idiopathic (id-e-o-path-ic) | pertaining to disease of unknown origin |
| inflammation | response to injury or destruction of tissue; redness, swelling, heat and pain |
| in vitro | wihtin a glass, observable |
| malignant | tending to become progressively worse |
| remission | improvement or absence of signs of disease |
| cancerous | pertaining to cancer |
| carcinogen | substance that causes cancer |
| carcinogenic | producing cancer |
| cyanosis | abnormal condition of blue, discoloration of skin |
| cytogenic | producing cells |
| cytoid | resembling a cell |
| cytoplasm | cell substance |
| diagnosis (dx) | identifying a disease |
| dysplasia | abnormal development |
| epithelial | pertaining to the epithelium |
| erythrocyte (e-rith-ro-site) | red blood cell (RBC) |
| erythrocytosis (e-rith-ro-si-to-sis) | increase in the number of red blood cells |
| etiology (e-tea-ol-o-ge) | study of causes |
| histology | study of tissue |
| hypoplasia | incomplete development of an organ |
| iatrogenic (i-a-trol-gen-ic) | produced by a physician (adverse condition) |
| iatrology (i-a-trol-o-ge) | study of medicine |
| karyocyte | cell within a nucleus |
| leukocyte | white blood cell (WHC) |
| karyoplasm | substance of a nucleus |
| leukocytosis | increase in the number of white blood cells |
| lipoid | resembling fat |
| metastasis (me-tas-ta-sis) | beyond control, transfer of disease from one organ to another |
| myopathy | disease of the muscle |
| neopathy | new disease |
| neuroid | resembling nerve |
| oncogenic | causing tumors |
| oncologist | physician who studies and treats tumors |
| oncology | study of tumors |
| pathogenic | producing a disease |
| pathologist | physician who studies disease |
| pathology | study of disease |
| prognosis | prediction of outcome of disease |
| somatic | pertaining to the body |
| somatogenic | orginating in the body |
| somatopathy | disease of the body |
| somatoplasm | body substance |
| systemic | pertaining to the whole body system |
| visceral | pertaining to the internal organs |
| xanthochromic | pertaining to yellow color |
| xanthosis | abnormal condition of yellow discoloration |
