MT Ch. 19 – Cancer Medicine (Oncology) – Combining Forms, Suffixes, and Prefixes – Flashcards
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alveol/o
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small sac
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cac/o
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bad
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carcin/o
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cancer, cancerous
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cauter/o
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burn, heat
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chem/o
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chemical, drug
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cry/o
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cold
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cyst/o
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sac of fluid
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fibr/o
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fibers
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follicul/o
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small glandular sacs
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fung/i
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fungus, mushroom
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medull/o
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soft, inner part
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mucos/o
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mucous membrane
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mut/a
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genetic change
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mutagen/o
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causing genetic death
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necr/o
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death
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onc/o
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tumor
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papill/o
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nipple-like
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pharmac/o
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chemical, drug
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plas/o
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formation
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ple/o
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many, more
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polyp/o
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polyp
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prot/o
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first
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radi/o
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rays
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sarc/o
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flesh, connective tissue
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scirrh/o
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hard
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xer/o
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dry
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-blastoma
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immature tumor
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-genesis
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formation
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-oma
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mass, tumor
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-plasia
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formation, growth
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-plasm
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formation, growth
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-suppression
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to stop
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-therapy
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treatment
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ana-
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backward
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apo-
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off, away
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brachy-
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short (distance)
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epi-
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upon
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meta-
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beyond; change
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tele-
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far
