In the Beginning
Neo-
What is new.
-Sis
What is the state of.
Onc/o
What is tumor or mass.
Chloroma
What is the a tumor of green color and is usually malignant.
ep-i-the-le-O-ma
What is epithelioma.
Hypo-
What is below, incomplete, deficient, and under.
-Oma
What is tumor or swelling.
Melan/O
What is the color black.
Myopathy
What is the disease of the muscle.
Si-TOL-o-je
What is cytology.
Dia-
What is through or complete.
-Genic
What is producing, originating, or causing.
Rhabd/O
What is rod-shaped or striated.
Metastasis
What is beyond control. The transfer of cells from one organ to another. Is also malignant in nature.
KAN-ser-us
What is cancerous.
Meta-
What is after, beyond, and change.
-Oid
What is resembling.
Sarc/O
What is flesh or connective tissue.
Apoptosis
What is programmed 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 disease of unknown origin.
in-fla-MA-shun
What is inflammation.