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Chapter 11
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ana- | up, toward, apart |
| homo- | same |
| iso- | equal |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| pro- | before |
| aden/o | gland |
| aut/o | self |
| bacter/o | bacteria |
| blast/o | germ, bud, developing cell (may also be used as a suffix) |
| chromat/o | color |
| erythr/o | red |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| immun/o | exempt, immunity |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | clear water, fluid |
| mon/o | one |
| myel/o | bone marrow (also means spinal cord, medulla, myelin) |
| nucle/o | kernel, nucleus |
| path/o | disease |
| plas/o | change |
| poikil/o | irregular |
| septic/o | putrefying |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | grape-like clusters, Staphylococcus (bacterium) |
| strept/o | twisted or gnarled, Streptococcus (bacterium) |
| therm/o | heat |
| thromb/o | clot |
| thym/o | wart-like, thymus gland |
| tox/o, toxic/o | poison |
| vir/o | virus |
| -crit | to separate |
| -cyte | cell |
| -emia, -hemia | condition of blood |
| -globin | globe-like protein |
| -lysis | to loosen, dissolve |
| -osis | condition of |
| -penia | abnormal reduction in number, deficiency |
| -pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
| -phil, philia | loving, affinity for |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -therapy | treatment |