Assessment 1 Intro to PT

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 or carcin/o

cancer

eti/o

cause (of disease)

Gno/o

knowledge

latr/o

physician, medicine

lei/o

smooth

Nectr/o

death (cells, body)

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 agent that produces or causes

-genic

producing, originating, causing

-logist

one who studies and treats

-logy

study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor, swelling

-opsy

view of, viewing

-osis

abnormal condition

-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

abormal development

epithelial

pertaining to epithelium

erythrocyte

red blood cell

erythrocytosis

increase in the number of red blood cells

histology

study of tissue

hyperplasia

excessive development (number of cells)

Hypoplasia

incomplete development (of an organ or tissues)

leukocyte

white blood cell

leukocytosis

increase in the number of white blood cells

lipoid

resembling fat

myopathy

disease of the muscle

necrosis

condition of cell death

neuropathy

disease of the nerves

organomegaly

enlargement of an organ

somatic

pertaining to the body

somatogenic

originating in the body

systemic

pertaining to a body system

visceral

pertaining to the internal organs

adenocarcinoma

cancerous tumor of glandular tissue

adenoma

tumor composed of glandular tissue

carcinoma

cancerous tumor

epithelioma

tumor composed of epithelium

fibroma

tumor composed of fiber

fibrosarcoma

malignant tumor composed of fiber

leiomyoma

tumor composed of smooth muscle

leiomyosarcoma

malignant tumor of smooth muscle

lipoma

tumor composed of fat

liposarcoma

malignant tumor of fat

melanocarcinoma

cancerous black tumor

melanoma

black tumor

metastasis

beyond control

myoma

tumor composed of muscle

neoplasm

new growth

neuroma

tumor composed of nerve

rhabdomyoma

tumor composed of striated muscle

rhabdomyosarcoma

malignant tumor of striated mucscle

sarcoma

tumor of connective tissue

cyanosis

abnormal condition of blue

xanthosis

abnormal condition of yellow

oncologist

physician who studies and treats tumors

oncology

study of tumors

pathologist

physician who studies diseases