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Med Term
Chapter 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| lymph/o | lymph or lymphatic tissue |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| immun/o | immune or protection |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| phag/o | eating or swallowing |
| phagocyt/o | phagocyte or cell that eats |
| cyt/o | cell |
| leuk/o | white |
| leukocyt/o | white blood cell |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| -cyte | cell |
| -phage | eater or swallowing |
| -phagia | eating or swallowing |
| -lysis | breakdown or destruction |
| -lytic | pertaining to destruction |
| -plasia | formation or growth |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -oma | tumor or mass |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -pathy | disease |
| -gen | producing or forming |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| auto- | self |
| allo- | other or different |
| iso- | equal or same |
| anti- | against |
| hyper- | excessive or above normal |
| hypo- | deficient or below normal |
| neo- | new |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| onc/o | tumor |
| sarc/o | flesh or connective tissue |
| septic/o | infection or sepsis |
| tox/o | toxin or poison |
| vaccin/o | vaccine |
| opportun/o | taking advantage (as in opportunistic infection) |
| hist/o | tissue |
| granul/o | granules |
| reticul/o | network |
| plas/o | formation or development |