Med Terms - Chapter 2 - Body Structure, Color, Oncology

aden/o

gland

cyt/o

cell

epitheli/o

epithelium

fibr/o

fiber

hemat/o

blood

hist/o

tissue

lip/o

fat

my/o

muscle

neur/o

nerve

organ/o

organ

sarc/o

flesh, connective tissue

system/o

system

viscer/o

internal organs

aut/o

self

bi/o

life

cancer/o

cancer

carcin/o

cancer

crypt/o

hidden

necr/o

death (cells, body)

eti/o

cause (of disease)

gno/o

knowledge

iatr/o

physician, medicine, treatment

lei/o

smooth

onc/o

tumor, mass

path/o

disease

rhabd/o

rod-shaped, striated

somat/o

body

vir/o

virus

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

leuk/o

white

melan/o

black

xanth/o

yellow

dia-

through, complete

dys-

painful, abnormal, difficult, labored

hyper-

above, excessive

hypo-

below, incomplete, deficient, under

meta-

after, beyond, change

micro-

small

neo-

new

pro-

before

-al, ic, -ous

pertaining to

-cyte

cell

-gen

substance or agents that produces or causes

-genic

producing, causing, originating

-logist

one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)

-logy

study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor, swelling

-opsy

view of, viewing

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-plasia

condition of formation, development, or growth

-plasm

growth, substance, formation

-sarcoma

malignant tumor

-sis

state of

-stasis

control, stop, standing

cytogenic

producing cells

cytology

study of cells

dysplasia

abnormal development

epithelial

pertaining to the epithelium

erythrocyte

red blood cell (RBC)

Erythrocytosis

increase in RBCs

histology

study of tissue

hyperplasia

excessive development / number of cells

hypoplasia

incomplete development of an organ or tissuesl

leukocyte

white blood cell (WBC)

leukocytosis

increase in the number of WBCs

lipoid

resembling fat

myopathy

disease of muscle

necrosis

condition of cell/tissue death due to disease

neuropathy

disease of the nerves

organomegaly

enlargement of an organ

somatic

pertaining to the body

somatogenic

originating in the body (as opposed to the mind)

systemic

pertaining to a (body) system or the body as a whole

visceral

pertaining to the internal organs

adenocarcinoma

cancerous tumor of glandular tissue

adenoma

tumor composed of glandular (benign)

carcinoma (CA)

cancerous tumor

epithelioma

tumor composed of epithelium (may be benign or malignant)

fibroma

tumor composed of fiber (fibrous tissue)

fibrosarcoma

malignant tumor composed of fiber (fibrous tissue)

leiomyoma

tumor composed of smooth muscle

leiomyosarcoma

malignant tumor of smooth muscle

lipoma

tumor composed of fat (benign)

liposarcoma

malignant tumor of fat

melanocarcinoma

cancerous black tumor (malignant)

melanoma

black tumor (primarily of the skin)

metastasis (METS)

beyond control (transfer of cells from one organ to another, as in malignant tumors)

myoma

tumor composed of muscle (benign)

neoplasm

new growth of abnormal tissue, benign or malignant

neuroma

tumor composed of nerve (benign)

rhabdomyoma

tumor composed of striated muscle (benign)

rhabdomyosarcoma

malignant tumor of striated muscle

sarcoma

tumor of connective tissue (such as bone or cartilage; highly malignant)

biological therapy

treatment of cancer with biological response modifiers (BRM) that work with the immune system (aka biotherapy/immunotherapy)

carcinoma in situ

cancer in the early stage before invading surrounding tissue

chemotherapy

treatment of cancer w drugs