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Blood, lymph, Immune
Medical Terminology
Question | Answer |
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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 |