TLM chap 19 Oncology

The Language of Medicine Chapter 19 Cancer Medicine (Oncology)

Cac/o

bad

cauter/o

Heat, burn

Carcin

cancerous, cancer

chem/o

drug; chemical

cry/o

cold

follicul/o

follicle; small sac

fung/i

fungus; mushroom (lower organism lacking chlorophyll)

medull/o

medulla (inner section); middle; soft marrow

mut/o

genetic change

mutagen/o

causing genetic change

onc/o

tumorrelated to cancer

papill/o

nipple-like, optic disc (disk)

ple/o

more; many, varied

polyp/o

ployp; small growth

sarc/o

flesh (connective tissue)

scirrh/o

hard

xer/o

dry

-blastoma

immature tumor (cell)

-ptosis

falling; drooping; prolapse

-stomia

condition of the mouth

-suppression

stopping

ana-

up; apart; backward; again. anew

apo-

off, away

meta-

change, beyond

tele-

far