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Blood, lymph, Immune
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| agglutin/o | clumping, gluing |
| blast/o | embryonic cell |
| granul/o | granule |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| immun/o | immune, immunity |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph gland (node) |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| morph/o | form, shape, structure |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| phag/o | swallowing, eating |
| poikil/o | varied, irregular |
| ser/o | serum |
| sider/o | iron |
| splen/o | spleen |
| throm/o | clood clot |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| -globin | protein |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -phil | attraction for |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -stasis | standing still |
| aniso- | unequal, dissimilar |
| AB, Ab, ab | antibody, abortion |
| ANA | antinuclear antibody |
| APC | antigen-presenting cell |
| APTT | activated partial thromboplastin time |
| BMT | bone marrow transplant |
| DIC | disseminated intravascular coagulation |
| EBV | Epstein-Barr virus |
| GVHD | graft-versus-host disease |
| HHV-8 | human herpes virus |
| HL | Hodgkin lymphoma |
| Ig | immunoglobulin |
| IVIG | intravenous immunoglobulin |
| KS | Kaposi sarcoma |
| MNL | mononuclear leukocytes |
| NHL | non-Hodgkin lymphoma |
| NK cell | natural killer cell |
| PA | pernicious anemia |
| PMN | polymorphonuclear |
| SLE | systemic lupus erythematosus |
| WBC, wbc | white blood count |