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Blood, Lymphatic and
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adenoid/o | adenoids |
| Agglutin/o | clumping; sticking together |
| Angi/o | vessels (blood) |
| Arteri/o | artery |
| Cyt/o | cell |
| Erythr/o | red |
| Fung/o | fungus |
| Hem/a, Hem/o, Hemat/o | blood |
| Iatr/o | physician; treatment |
| Immun/o | immune; protection |
| Kary/o | nucleus |
| Leuk/o | white |
| Log/o | study |
| Ly/o | breakdown; dissolve; loosen |
| Lymph/o, Lymphat/o | lymph |
| Lyphaden/o | lymph node |
| Lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| Morph/o | shape; form |
| Myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| Nucle/o | nucleus |
| Path/o | disease |
| Phleb/o | vein |
| Ser/o | serum; serous |
| Splen/o | spleen |
| Thromb/o | clot |
| Thym/o | thymus |
| Tonsill/o | tonsils |
| Tox/o | poison |
| Ven/I, Ven/o | vein |
| Vir/o | virus |
| A-, an- | not; without |
| Anti- | against |
| Auto- | self |
| Con- | together, with |
| En- | in, within |
| Epi- | on; over; upon |
| Macro- | large |
| Mega- | large |
| Meta- | change; beyond |
| Mono- | one, single |
| Neo- | new |
| –al, -ar, -ic, -ical, -tic | pertaining to |
| –ation | process; condition |
| –blast | developing cell |
| –crit | to seperate |
| –cyte | cell |
| –e | (noun suffix with no meaning) |
| –ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
| –emia | blood condition |
| –emic | pertaining to blood condition |
| –fusion | to come together, to pour |
| –gen | substance that produces |
| –globulin | proteins |
| –ia | condition |
| –in, -ine | chemical; chemical compound; substance |
| –itis | inflammation |
| –logist | specialist |
| –logy | study of |
| –lysis | breakdown; seperation; loosening |
| –lytic | pertaining to breakdown or destruction |
| –megaly | enlargement |
| –oma | tumor; mass |
| –osis | abnormal condition |
| –penia | deficiency |
| –phage | eat; swallow |
| –pheresis | removal |
| –phil, -philia | love, attraction for |
| –phoresis, | carrying, transmission |
| –plasm | formation; structure |
| –plastic | pertaining to formation |
| –plasty | surgical repair |
| –poiesis | formation |
| –rrhage | rupture; bursting forth (of blood) |
| –sis | state; condition |
| –stasis | stoppage of flow |
| –suppression | to stop |
| –therapy | treatment |
| –tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| Phag/o | eat; swallow; engulf |
| Poly- | many, much |
| Pro- | before; forward |
| Trans- | across |