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Mod B
Unit #2
Term | Definition |
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aden/o | gland |
-al | pertaining to |
angi/o | blood or lymph vessels |
blast/i | immature, embryonic |
cyt/o | cell |
-cyte | cell |
-itis | inflammation |
lymph/o | lymph, lymphatic tissue |
-lysis | destruction, break down, seperation |
-lytic | reduce, destroy |
macro- | large, abnormal size or length, long |
megal/0 | large, great |
-megaly | large, great, extreme, enlargement |
mono- | one, single |
neur/o | nerve, pertaining to nerves, |
-oid | resembling, like |
-oma | tumor, neoplasm |
-osis | disease, abnormal condition |
-phage | one that eats, a cell that destroys |
plasm/o | molded or formed |
-rrhagia | hemorrage, burstin forth |
sarc/o | cancer of connective tissue, flesh |
splen/o | spleen |
tox/o | poison |
cytomegalovirus | herpes-like virus, (AIDS) |
lymphadenitis | swollen glands |
lymphangioma | tumor of lymphatic vessels |
lymphocytes | a type of WBC, white blood cells found in blood and lymph tissue |
lymphosarcoma | malignant tumor in lymphoid tissue |
neuroblastoma | cancer of nerve cells |
sarcoma | malignant tumor of the connective tissue |
splenomegaly | enlargement of the spleen |
splenorrhagia | hemorrhaging of the spleen (bleeding) |
toxoplasmosis | infection with a protozoan parasite (common in AIDS) |
antibody | substance developed by the body in response toa specific antigen |
atigen | substances such as a virus, bacterium or toxin that stimulates the production of antibodies |
ARC | AIDS related complex (causes disease secondary to AIDS) |
aspergillosis | infection caused by a fungus which causes lesion common in ARC (AIDS related complex) |
dyscrasia | any disease (any abnormal condition) |
ELISA | enzyme-linked immunoassay |
GC (GO) ? | gonorrhea |
immunodeficiency | inadequate immune system |
immunosuppression | interference with immune system |
nosocomial | hospital acquired infection |