Medical Terminology Simplified

8–132 Tumors are also called neo/plasms (new growths or formations).

Similar to tumors, neo/plasms can be malignant or____________________.

8–133 A benign tumor is non/cancer/ous. A malignant tumor is

____________________ / __________.

8–134 A new growth in any body system or organ is called a

__________ / ____________________.

8–135 Prostat/itis, an acute or chronic inflammation of the prostate gland, is

usually the result of infection. The patient usually complains of burning, urinary fre-

quency, and urgency.

Build a symptomatic term that means inflammation of the prostate gland.

____________________ / __________

8–136 The suffixes -plasmand -plasiarefer to formation or

____________________.

8–137 Dys/plasia is an abnormal development of tissue. Identify the element in

dys/plasia that means

bad, painful, or difficult:__________

formation, growth:____________________

8–138 A/plasia means without formation,and is a condition that is due to failure

of an organ to develop or form normally.

Analyze a/plasia by defining the elements.

a-:____________________, __________

-plasia:____________________, ____________________

8–139 Hyper/plasia is an excessive increase in the number of cells in a tissue or

organ, as shown in Figure 8–11.

Determine the element in hyper/plasia that means

excessive:____________________

formation or growth:____________________

Boldfaceindicates a word root or combining form. Blueindicates a suffix. Pinkindicates a prefix.

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prostat/itis

prŏs-tă-TĪ-tĭs

dys-

-plasia

without, not

formation, growth

hyper-

-plasia

growth

benign

bē-NĪN

cancer/ous

KĂN-sĕr-ŭs

neo/plasm

NĒ-ō-plăzm