In the Beginning
Neo-
What is new
-Sis
What is the state of
Onc/O
What is tumor or mass
Chloroma
What is a malignant tumor of green color.
ep-i-the-le-o-ma
What is epithelioma
Hypo-
What is below, incompete, deficient, and under
-Oma
What is tumor or swelling
Melan/O
What is black
Myopathy
What is disease of the muscle.
Si-TOL-o-je
What is cytology
Dia-
What is through or complete
-Genic
What is Producing, originating, and causing
Rhabd/O
What is rod-shaped or striated
Metastasis
What is beyond control. It is the transfer of cells from one organ to another. Usually malignant in nature.
KAN-ser-us
What is cancerous
Meta-
What is after, beyond, and change
-Old
What is resembling
Sarc/O
What is flesh or connective tissue
Apoptosis
What is programed cell death.
eg-Zas-er-BA-shun
What is exacerbation
Dys-
What is painful, abnormal, difficult, and labored
-Gen
What is substance or agent that produces or causes
Viscer/O
What is internal organs
Idiopathic
What is pertaining to a disease of unknown origins.
in-Fla-MA-shun
What is inflammation