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MedTemCp14 CFSPW
MedTemCp14 Combing Forms,Suffixes, Prefixes, and Words
| CFSPW | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Immun/o | protection |
| -suppression | to stop |
| Lymph/o | Lymph |
| -poies | formation |
| -edema | swelling |
| -cytosis | conditon of cells |
| -phylaxis | procteion |
| -sitial | to set |
| Lymphaden/o | lymph node |
| Splen/o | one spleen |
| Spleen/o | both spleen |
| Thym/o | thymus gland |
| tox/o | poision |
| ana- | again, anew |
| inter- | between |
| Acquired immunity | Fprmation of antibodies and lympocytes after expose to an antigens. |
| Acquired immunodeficiency syndorme | Syndrome associated with supperssion of the immune system and marked by opportunistic infections, secondary neoplasms. and neurologic problems. |
| Adenoids | Masses of lymphatic tissue in the nasopharynx. |
| Allergen | An antigen capable of causing allergy exposure to an atigen. |
| Anaphylaxis | Again protection. |
| antibody | Protein produced by B Cell lympocytes to destory antigens. |
| Antigen | Sunstance that the body recogizes as foreign. |
| Atopy | Hypersensitive or allergic state involbing an inherited predisposition. |
| Autoimmune disease | Self protection disese. |
| Axillary node | Any of the 20 to 30 lymp node in the armpit. |
| B cell | Lympocyrw that originates in the bone marrow and transforms inato a plasma cell to secrte anitbodies. |
| CD4+ Cells | helper T Cells are Lymphocyte that aids B cells in recognizing antigens and stimulating anitbody production. |
| Cell-mediated immunity | An immune reaponce involving T lympocytes; antigens are destroyed by direct action of cells, as opposed to by antibodies. |
| Cervical node | One of many lymph nodes in the neck region. |
| Cytokine | Protein made by T lymphocytes that aids antigen destruction. |
| Cytoxic T Cell | T lympocyte that directly kills foreign cells. |
| Dendritic cell | Cell special marcophage that ingests antigens and presents them to T cells. |
| ELISA | Screening test to detect anti-HIV antibodies in the blood stream. |
| Helper T Cell | Same as a CD4 + cell. |
| Human Immunodeficiency virus or HIV | Retrovirus that cause AIDS. |
| Hodgkin disease | Malignant tumor of lymphoid tissues in the spleen and lymph nodes. |
| Humoral immunity | Immune reaponse in which B ceels tranform into plasma cells and secrete antibodies. |
| Hypersensitivity | Allergic state arising from an inherited predisposition. |
| Hypersplenism | Escessive spleen conditon. |
| Immune response | Body's ca[acity to resit foreign organisms and toxins that can damage tissue and organs. |
| Immunoelectrophoresis | Tes that separates immunoglobulins-IgG, IgM, IgE, IgA, & IgD. |
| Immunoglobulins | Proctection protein. |
| Immunosuppression | to stop proctection. |
| Immunotherapy | Use of immunologic knowledge and techniques to treat or prevent disease. |
| Inguinal node | One of several lymph nodes in the groin region. |
| Interferons | Antiviral proteins are crytokines secereted by T cells; they also stimulate macrophages to ingest bacteria. |
| Interleukins | Proteins or cytokines that stimulate the growth of B or T lymphocytes and activate specific components of the immune response. |
| Interstital fluid | Fluid in the spaces between cells. |
| Kaposi sarcoma | Cancer arising from the lining cells of capillaries that produces blurish-red skin nodules. |
| Lymph | Thin, watery fluid found within lyphatic vessels empty lymph into vein in the uooer part of the chest. |
| Lymphadenitis | Lymph nodes inflamation. |
| Lymphadenopathy | Lymph nodes disease condition. |
| Lymph capillaroes | Tinest lymphatic vessels. |
| Lymphedema | Lymph swelling. |
| Lymph node | Stationary solid lymphatic tissue along lymph vessels. |
| Lymphocytes | Lymph cell. |
| Lymphocytosis | Lymph cell condition. |
| Lymphocytopenia | Lymph cell deficiency. |
| Lymphoid organs | Lymph derived from lymph nides, spleen, and thymus gland. |
| Lymphoma | Malignant tumor of lymph nodes and lymph tissue. |
| Lymphopoiesis | Lymph formation |
| Lymph vessel | Carrier of lymph nodes thorough the body; lymphatic vessels empty lymph into veins in the upper part of chest. |
| Macrophage | Large phagocytes found in lymph nodes and other tissues of the body. |
| Mediastinal node | Any of many lymph nodes in the area between the lungs in the thoracic cavity. |
| Monoclonal antibody | Antibody produced in a laboratory to attack antigesns. |
| Multiple myeloma | Malignant tumor of bone marrow cells. |
| Natural immunity | An individual's pwn gentic ability to fight of disease. |
| non-Hodgkin lymphoma | Group of malignant tumors involving lymphoid tissue. |
| Opportunistic infections | Infectious disease associated with AiDS; they occur because HIV infection lowers the body's resistance and allows infection by bacteria and parasites that normally are easily contained, |
| Plasma cell | Lymphoid cell that secretes an antibody and orignates form B lymphocytes. |
| Potease inhibitor | Drugs that treats AIDS by blocking production of protease, a proteolytic enzyme that helps to create new viral pieces for HIV. |
| Retrovirus | RNA virus that makes copies of itself by using the host cell's DNA. |
| Reverse transcriptase inhibitor | Drug that treats AIDS by blocking reverse transcriptase, an enzyme needed to make copies of HIV. |
| Right lymphatic duct | Large lymphatic vessel in the chest that recives lymph the upper right part of the body. |
| Spleem | Organ near the stomaic that produce stones and eliminates blood cells. |
| Splemectomy | One spleen removal. |
| Splemomegaly | One spleen enlargement. |
| Supperssor T Cell | Lympocyte that inhibits the acitivity of B and T lympocytes. |
| T cell | Lymphocyte that originates in the bone marrow nut matures in the thymus gland; it acts directly on antigens to destory them or produce chemicals or cytokine such as interferons and interleukins that are toxic to antigens. |
| Thoracic duct | large lymphatic vessel in the chest that receives lymph from below the diaphragm and from the left side of the body above the diapharagm; it empties the lymph into veins in the upper chest. |
| Thymectomy | Thymus gland removal. |
| Thymoma | Thymus gland tumor. |
| Thymus gland | Organ in the Mediastinum that produces T lymphocytes and aids in the immune reponse. |
| Tonsils | Masses of lymphatic tissue in the back of the oropharynx. |
| Toxic | Pretaoning to poison. |
| Toxin | Poison produced by certain bacteria, animals, or plants. |
| Vaccination | Introduction of altered antigens (viruses or bacteria) to produce an immune response and protection against disease. |
| Vaccine | Weakend or killed microorganisms or toxins adiministered to induce immunity to infection or disease. |
| Viral load test | Test that measure the amount of AIDS or HIV virus in the bloodstream. |
| Wasting syndrome | Marked by weight loss and decrease in muscular strengh, appetite, and mental acivity also may occur with AIDS. |
| Western blot | More specific ELISA test. |
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