ALL TERMS IN MEDICAL
TERMINOLOGY
onc - tumor
carcin - cancer
cyt - cell
epitheli - epithelium
hist - tissue
lip - fat
my - muscle
neur - nerves
path - disease
plasm - growth
sarc - flesh or connective tissue
stasis - stop or control
viscer - internal organs
-al - pertaining to
-genic - producing or causing
-logist - specialist (physician) who studies and treats
-logy - the study of
-oid - resembling
-oma - tumor
-a, -e, -y - no meaning
, meta- - beyond
neo- - new
-itis - inflammation
intra- - within
ven - vein
-ous - pertaining to
oste - bone
arthr - joint
trache - trachea
poly - many
cyt - cell
dx - diagnosis
px - prognosis
chemo - chemotherapy
CA - cancer
METS - metastasis
XRT - radiation therapy
anatomic position - face forward, feet front and palms forward
anter - front
caud - tail (downward)
cephal - head (upward)
dist - away (from the point of attachment of a body part)
dors - back