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Med Term C7 - WPA
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| agglutin/o | clumping; sticking together |
| angi/o | vessel (blood) |
| arteri/o | artery |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| calc/o | calcium |
| cyt/o | cell |
| erythr/o | red |
| eti/o | the cause of a disease or condition |
| fung/o | fungus |
| hem/a , hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| iatr/o | physician; treatment |
| immun/o | immune; protection |
| kal/i | potassium |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| leuk/o | white |
| lipid/o | fatty deposits; lipids |
| log/o | study |
| ly/o | break down; dissolve; loosen |
| lymph/o, lymphat/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node |
| lymphangi/o | lymphatic vessel |
| morph/o | shape; form |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| path/o | disease |
| phag/o | eat; swallow; engulf |
| phleb/o | vein |
| ser/o | serum; serous |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thromb/o | clot |
| thym/o | thymus |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| tox/o | poison |
| ven/i, ven/o | vein |
| vir/o | virus |
| a-, an- | not; without |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| con- | together; with |
| en- | in; within |
| epi- | on; over; upon |
| macro- | large |
| maga- | large |
| meta- | change; beyong |
| mono- | one; single |
| neo- | new |
| poly- | many; much |
| pro- | before; forward |
| trans- | across |
| -al, -ar, -ic, -ical, -tic | pertaining to |
| -ation | process; condition |
| -blast | developing cell |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -cide | to kill |
| -crit | to seperate |
| -cyte | cell |
| -e | noun suffix with no meaning |
| -ectomy | surgical removal; exicison |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -emic | blood condition |
| -fuge | to seperate by spinning |
| -fusion | to pour; to come together |
| -gen | substance that produces |
| -globulin | protein |
| -ia | condition |
| -in, -ine | chemical; chemical compound, substance |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | pertaining to breakdown or destruction |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| -osis | process; abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phage | eat; swallow |
| -pheresis | removal |
| -phil, -phillia | love; attraction for |
| -phoresis | transmission; carrying |
| -plasm | formation; structure |
| -plastic | pertaining to formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -rrhage | rupture; bursting forth (of blood) |
| -sis | state; condition |
| -stasis | stoppage of flow |
| -supprestion | to stop |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | process of cutting; incision |
| AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| bands | immature white blood cells |
| baso | basophils |
| CBC | complete blood count |
| CC, c/c | chief complaint |
| CT | computed tomography |
| cu mm | cubic millimeters |
| diff | differential |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| EBV | Epstein-Barr virus |
| eos | eosinophils |
| g/dL | grams per deciliter |
| HBV | hepatitis B virus |
| HIB | hamophilus influenzae bacteria |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| Hx, hx | history |
| IgA | immunoglobulin A |
| IgD | immunoglobulin D |
| IgE | immunoglobulin E |
| IgG | immunoglobulin G |
| IgM | immunoglobulin M |
| lab | laboratory |
| lymphs | lymphocytes |
| million/uL | million per microliter |
| mono | monocytes |
| NK cells | natural killer cells |
| p | after |
| PLT, plt | platelet; platelet or thrombocyte |
| Pt, pt | patient |
| RBC | red blood cell; erythrocyte |
| Rm | room |
| segs (polys) | segmented, mature white blood cells |
| STAT | immediately |
| Strep A | group A streptococcus bacterium |
| WBC | white blood cell |
| WBC differential | measure of the percentage of different types of WBC present in the blood |
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