hosa med term 1

Onc

tumor

-genic

Producing or causing

Carcin

cancer

-logist

specialist (physician) who studies and treats

Cyt

cell

-logy

the study of

Epitheli

Epithelium

-oid

resembling

hist

tissue

-oma

tumor

lip

fat

itis

inflammation

My

muscle

ous

Pertaining to

neur

nerves

oste

bone

Path

disease

dx

diagnosis

plasm

Growth

px

prognosis

sarc

flesh or connective tissue

CA

cancer

stasis

Stop or control

METS

metastasis

viscer

internal organs

XRT

radiation therapy

meta

beyond

Anter

forward

Neo

New

-caud

Tail(downward)

inter

between/among

-cephal

head(upward)

Ven

Vein

-dors

back

arthr

Joint

-later

side

trache

trachea

-medi

middle

Poly

Many

-poster

Back or behind

Cyt

cell

-ad

toward

Chemo

Chemotherapy

-ic or -ior

pertaining to

Dist

away (from the point of attachment of a body part)

benign

not cancerous, but are deadly because they grow very big

proxim

near (the point of attachment of a body part)

chemotherapy

treatment of cancer by using pharmaceuticals; AB- chemo

super

above

myc

fungus

ventr

belly(front)

onych

Nail

acr

extremities (arms and legs)

erythr

red

derm

skin

melan

black

pyo

pus

xanth

yellow

-osis

abnormal condition

leuk

white

-tomy

incision into

epi-

on, upon or over

capn

carbon dioxide

hypo-

below, deficient, under

laryng

larynx

intra-

within

muc

mucus

nas

nose

ox

Oxygen

rhin

nose

pharyng

pharynx

thorac

chest or thorax

pneum / pneumon

lung or air

pulmon

lung

a-, an-

without or absence

py

Pus

dys-

difficult, painful, or abnormal

-ary

pertaining to

endo-

within

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

hyper-

above or excessive

-eal

pertaining to

cyst

bladder

-ectomy

surgical removal or excision

hem/ hemat

blood

-ia

diseased state or condition of

lith

stone or calculus

-meter

instrument used to measure

nephr

kidney

-pnea

breathing

noct

night

-rrhagia/rrhage

rapid flow of blood

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-scope

instrument used for visual examination

ren

kidney

-scopic

pertaining to visual examination

-scopy

visual examination

ureter

ureter/ urethra

-stomy

artificial opening

gastro

stomach