Medical Terminology-HOSA
onc - -tumor
-logist - -specialist (physician) who studies
and treats
carcin - -cancer
-logy - -the study of
cyt - -cell
-oid - -resembling
epitheli - -epithelium
-oma - -tumor
hist - -tissue
-a, -e, -y - -no meaning
lip - -fat
meta- - -beyond
my - -muscle
neo- - -new
neur - -nerves
-itis - -inflammation
path - -disease
intra- - -within
plasm - -growth
ven - -vein
sarc - -flesh or connective tissue
-ous - -pertaining to
stasis - -stop or control
oste - -bone
viscer - -internal organs
arthr - -joint
-al - -pertaining to
trache - -trachea
-genic - -producing or causing
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, Medical Terminology-HOSA
poly - -many infer - -below
cyt - -cell later - -side
dx - -diagnosis medi - -middle
px - -prognosis poster - -back or behind
chemo - -chemotherapy proxim - -near (the point of attachment of a
body part)
CA - -cancer
super - -above
METS - -metastasis
ventr - -belly (front)
XRT - -radiation therapy
-ad - -toward
anatomic position - -face forward, feet front
and palms forward -ic or -ior - -pertaining to
anter - -front transverse - -________
caud - -tail (downward) sagittal - -|
cephal - -head (upward) benign - -not cancerous, but are deadly
because they grow very big
dist - -away (from the point of attachment
of a body part) chemotherapy - -treatment of cancer by
using pharmaceuticals; AB- chemo
dors - -back
diagnosis - -identification of a disease
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onc - -tumor
-logist - -specialist (physician) who studies
and treats
carcin - -cancer
-logy - -the study of
cyt - -cell
-oid - -resembling
epitheli - -epithelium
-oma - -tumor
hist - -tissue
-a, -e, -y - -no meaning
lip - -fat
meta- - -beyond
my - -muscle
neo- - -new
neur - -nerves
-itis - -inflammation
path - -disease
intra- - -within
plasm - -growth
ven - -vein
sarc - -flesh or connective tissue
-ous - -pertaining to
stasis - -stop or control
oste - -bone
viscer - -internal organs
arthr - -joint
-al - -pertaining to
trache - -trachea
-genic - -producing or causing
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, Medical Terminology-HOSA
poly - -many infer - -below
cyt - -cell later - -side
dx - -diagnosis medi - -middle
px - -prognosis poster - -back or behind
chemo - -chemotherapy proxim - -near (the point of attachment of a
body part)
CA - -cancer
super - -above
METS - -metastasis
ventr - -belly (front)
XRT - -radiation therapy
-ad - -toward
anatomic position - -face forward, feet front
and palms forward -ic or -ior - -pertaining to
anter - -front transverse - -________
caud - -tail (downward) sagittal - -|
cephal - -head (upward) benign - -not cancerous, but are deadly
because they grow very big
dist - -away (from the point of attachment
of a body part) chemotherapy - -treatment of cancer by
using pharmaceuticals; AB- chemo
dors - -back
diagnosis - -identification of a disease
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