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Med Term Chap. 6
Lymphatic & Immune-Word Parts
Question | Answer |
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aden/o | gland |
adenoid/o | adenoids |
agni/o | blood or lymph vessel |
aut/o | self |
axill/o | armpit |
bacteri/o | bacteria |
blast/o | immature, embryonic |
carcin/o | cancer |
cervic/o | neck |
chrom/o | color |
cyt/o | cell |
immun/o | immune system, protected, safe |
inguin/o | groin |
leuk/o | white |
lymph/o | lymph, lymphatic tissue |
lymphaden/o | lymph node |
morph/o | shape, form |
neutr/o | neither, neutral |
onc/o | tumor |
phag/o | to eat or swallow |
sarc/o | flesh, loose connective tissue |
splen/o | spleen |
thym/o | thymus gland |
tonsill/o | tonsil, throat |
tox/o, toxic/o | poison, poisonous |
an- | no, not, without |
anti- | against |
bi- | twice, double, 2 |
bio- | life, living organisms or tissue |
de- | down, lack of, from, not removal |
dis- | negative, apart, absence of |
epi- | above, upon, on |
hyper- | excessive, increased |
hypo- | deficient, decreased |
intra- | within, inside |
macro- | large, abnormal size or length, long |
meta- | beyond |
neo- | new or strange |
per- | excessive, through |
pre- | before, in front of |
sub- | under, less, below |
-al | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-cide | causing death |
-cyte | cell |
-ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out, excision |
-edema | swelling |
-genesis | creation, reproduction |
-gram | a picture or record |
-ic | pertaining to |
-itis | inflammation |
-lytic | to reduce, destroy |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-megaly | abnormal enlargement |
-ologist | specialist |
-ology | science or study of |
-oma | tumor, neoplasm |
-pathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
-penia | deficiency, lack, too few |
-phage | cell that destroys, eats, & swallows |
-plasm | formative material of cells, formation |
-rrhagia | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
-stasis | control, maintenance of a constant level |
-tic | pertaining to |