Ch.2 EML

aden/o

gland

aut/o

self

bi/o

life

cancer/o

cancer

carcin/o

cancer

cyan/o

blue

cyt/o

cell

epitheli/o

epithelium

erythro/o

red

eti/o

cause (of disease)

fibr/o

fiber

gno/o

knowledge

hemat/o

blood

hist/o

tissue

iatr/o

physician, medicine (also means treatment)

lei/o

smooth

leuk/o

white

lip/o

fat

melan/o

black

my/o

muscle

necr/o

death (cells, body)

neur/o

nerve

onc/o

tumor, mass

organ/o

organ

path/o

disease

rhabd/o

rod-shaped, striated

sarc/o

flesh, connective tissue

somat/o

body

system/o

system

vir/o

virus

viscer/o

internal organs

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

pertaining to

-cyte

cell (NOTE: the combining form for cell is cyt/o; the suffix for cell is -cyte, ending with an e.)

-gen

substance or agent that produces or causes

-genic

producing, originating, causing

-ic

pertaining to

-logist

one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)

-logy

study of

-meagly

enlargement

-oid

resemblind

-oma

tumor, swelling

-opsy

view of, viewing

-osis

abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots)

-ous

pertaining to

-pathy

disease

-plasia

condition of formation, development, growth

-plasm

growth, substance, formation

-sarcoma

malignant tumor

-sis

state of

-stasis

control, stop, standing

cytogenic

producing cells

cytology

study of cells

dysplasia

abnormal develoopment

epithelial

pertaining to epithelium

erythrocyte (RBC)

red (blood) cell

erythrocytosis

increase in the number red (blood) cells

histology

study of tissue

Hyperplasia

excessive development (number of cells)

hypoplasia

incomplete development (of an organ or tissues)

leukocyte (WBC)

white (blood) cell

leukocytosis

increase in the number of white (blood) cells

lipoid

resembling fat

necrosis

condition of cell death (cells and tissue die because of disease)

Myopathy

disease of the muscle

Neuropathy

disease of the nerves

Organomegaly

enlargement of an organ

somatic

pertaining to the body

somatogenic

originating in the body (organic as opposed to originating in 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 tissue (bengin)

carcinoma (CA)

cancerous tumor (malignant)

epithelioma

tumor composed of epithelium (may be benign or malignant)

fibroma

tumor composed of fiber (fibrous tissue) (benign)

fibrosarcoma

malignant tumor composed of fiber (fibrous tissue)

leiomyoma

tumor composed of smooth muscle (benign)

leiomyosarcoma

malignant tumor composed of smooth muscle

lipoma

tumor composed of fat (benign tumor)

liposarcoma

malignant tumor of fat

melanocarcinoma

cancerous black tumor (malignant)

melanoma

black tumor (primarily of the skin)

myoma

tumor composed of muscle (benign)

metastasis (pl. metastases) (METS)

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

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)

autopsy

view of self (postmortem examination to determine the cause of death or obtain evidence)

biopsy (Bx)

view of life (the removal of living tissue from the body to be viewed under the microscope)