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Med Term Ch 9
Blood, Lymph, and Immune Systems- Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| agglutin/o | clumping, gluing |
| bas/o | base (alkaline, opposite of acid) |
| blast/o | embryonic cell |
| chrom/o | color |
| eosin/o | dawn (rose colored) |
| erythr/o | red |
| granul/o | granule |
| hem/o hemat/o | blood |
| immun/o | immune, immunity, safe |
| kary/o nucle/o | nucleus |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymphaden/o | lymph gland (node) |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| morph/o | form, shape, structure |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| neutr/o | neutral, neither |
| phag/o | swallowing, eating |
| plas/o | formation, growth |
| poikil/o | varied, irregular |
| reticul/o | net, mesh |
| ser/o | serum |
| sider/o | iron |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| xen/o | foreign, strange |