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Chap 6 All Word Part
Lymphatic and Immune System
| Word Part | Definition |
|---|---|
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix (neck of uterus) |
| immun/o | immune, proctective, safe |
| lymph/o | lymph, lymphatic tissue |
| lymphaden/o | lymph gland |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| neo-, ne/o | new, strange |
| -oma | tumor, neoplasm |
| onc/o | tumor |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| -plasm | formative material of cells |
| sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
| splen/o | spleen |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| tox/o | poison, poisonous |
| hemat/o, hem/o | blood, relating to the blood |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -al | pertaining to |
| axill/o | armpit |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| inguin/o | groin |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -pathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -rrhagia | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
| -graphy | process of producing a picture or record |
| -gram | picture or record |
| -edema | swelling |
| -cyte, cyt/o | cell |
| macro | large, abnormal size or length |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| vir/o | poison, virus |
| -us | thing, singular noun ending |
| anti- | against |
| bi/o | life |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| -cide | causing death |
| -static, -stasis | control, maintenance of a constant level |
| fung/i | fungus |
| myc/o | fungus |
| angi/o | blood or lymph vessels |
| -genesis, -genic | creation, reproduction |
| my/o | muscle |
| meta- | change, beyond |
| aden/o | gland |
| oste/o | bone |
| bi- | twice, double, two |
| -opsy | vision, view of |
| mast/o | breast |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| ne/o, neo- | new, strange |
| plast | growth |
| brachy- | short |
| -therap/o, therapeut/o | treatment |
| tele/o | distant, far |